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F.  A.  5eav^y  &*  Co,, 

Manufacturers  of 

Ladies', Misses'  and  Chil- 
dren's FINE  SHOES,  in 
Button, Lace  and  Oxfords- 


*     F.  A.  Seavey  &  Co., 

'BEVERLY,  -  -  MASS. 

Boston  Office,  i    Lincoln 
Street. 


>  If  You  Want 

anything  in  Drug  Store  Goods  f 

I  Cret   it  AT   GREEN'S  \ 

HE  CUTS  THE  PRICE.  < 

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>     Prompt   and    Courteous    Attention   by   reliable    ) 
S          men,  whether  your  wants  are  small  or  large.    > 

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$  > 


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Tfp  on  Tips. 

Every  one  is  looking  for  tips,  some  one 
kind,  and  some  another.  We  deal  in 
the  PATENT  LEATHER  kind.  If  you 
are  in  need  of  any — Try  us. 


.  (flemff, 

83  Rantoul  St.,    Beverly,  Mass. 

Don't  Read  This 

Unless  you  wish  to  learn  something  of  value  to  you. 

The  Ideal  Benefit  Association  is  "Ideal"  because 

ist.     It  has  in  its  plan  eliminated  the  weak  points  in  other  organiz- 
ations, included  their  strong1  points,  and  added  others. 

2nd    It  pays  for  sickness,  injuries,  and  death. 

3rd.    It  includes  both  sexes. 

4th.    It  pays  for  sixteen  weeks'  sickness  in  any  year. 

5th.     It  permits  $25  a  week  with  only  $100  on  life. 

6th.    It  allows  you  to  take  5,  10,  15,  20  or  $25  a  week. 

yth.    It  allows  you  to  take  $100  to  $3000  at  death. 

The  membership  fee  is  from  $2  to  $12,  according  to  the  amount 

desired. 

Drop  the  Association  a  card  with  your  address,  and  an  agent 

will  call  upon  you. 

122  CABOT  ST.,   •   BEVERLY,  MASS. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Joseph  W.  Obear, 


All  Orders  promptly  attended  to. 

Cor.  Park  and  West  Dane  St.,  Beverly,  Hass 

F.  W.  BERNARD,   Beverly,  Mass. 

Artistic  Memorials  in  Granite,  Marble  &  Bronze. 


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E.    F.    SULLIVAN, 

Agent  for  the 

Hanover  Bicycle 

For  Cash  or  on  Time, 

Also  agent  for  the 

CELEBRA  TED  ^-*^ 

Jacob     Doll    Piano 

Cash  or  on  Time. 

7    Washington    St., 

BEVERLY. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


People  now  realize  the  fact  that  it  is  cheaper  to  own  a  house  than 
to  pay  rent. 

Many  are  moving  to  the  northern  section  of  the  city  to  get  a  way 
from  the  east  winds  which  are  injurious  to  the  throat  and  lungs. 

If  you  are  thinking  of  making  a  purchase  or  moving,  now  is  the 
time  to  secure  a  cosy  home  at  a  very  low  cost  and  very  easy  terms  in 
one  of  the  prettiest  spots  in  the  City  on  the  western  slope  of  Prospect 
Hill,  nice  level  lots  from  4500  to  7000  feet  each. 

New  seven  room  cottages,  all  modern  conveniences,  substantially 
built,  open  for  inspection  to  anyone.  Equal  to  any  custom  build 
house.  Three  already  sold,  will  build  on  any  of  the  remaining  forty- 
five  lots  to  suit. 

Also  some  fine  house  lots  for  sale  very  reasonable. 

These  being  the  only  available  lots  in  City  proper  at  a  reasonable 
price  it  will  be  for  your  interest  to  investigate  before  purchasing. 
Prices  are  sure  to  please.  Fifty  or  more  references.  Inquire  of 

PRINCE  OBER, 

Ga,Toot      St., 


CLAFLIN    BROS., 


Jobbing  of  nil  Kinds. 

Steam,  Gas  and   Water  Piping. 

All  Orders  Promptly  Attended  To. 

60  RfllliHOflO  flVE,   BEVE^liY,   (DflSS. 


J.  H.  CLAFLIN,  Practical  Plumber. 

John  H,  CUflia.  Edward  £.  Clafliu. 

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7P 

Beverly,  Mass. 


SMITH  &  McLARREN,  Park  st 


Stair 
Builders 


Brackets,  Rails,  Newels, 
Posts  and  Balusters. 


Planing  and  Sawing  of  all  kinds. 
Estimates  given  on  All  Kinds  of  Stair  Work. 


DR.  E.  B.  DUDLEY, 

DENTIST, 

107  Cabot  Street, 
BEVERLY,   -   MASS. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


Stone  mason  &  Contractor. 


Estimates  Given  on  all  kinds  of  Stone  Work. 


Elliot  Street,     =    Beverly,  mass. 

Woodbury     Electric     Co., 

Wiring  of  Every  Description  at  Short  Notice. 
Isolated  Electric  Plants  Installed. 
Chandeliers,   Cluster  Lights,  Globes. 
Gas  Lighting  a  Specialty. 
General  Electric  Work  of  all  Kinds. 
Bell  Work,  Speaking  Tubes,   Etc. 


J.  W.  LEE,  Manager, 

Cor,  Dane  and  Lothrop  Sts. ,         Beverly,  Mass. 


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ADVERTISEMENTS 

FOR  INSURANCE. 

GO  TO 


ROOM  8, 


Beverly. 


Any  one  wish- 
ing to  purchase  a 
HEATER  would 
do  well  to  call  and 
see  the  KELSEY 
HEATER,  also  a 
fine  line  of  Ranges 
Oil  and  Gasoline 
Stoves. 

C,  I  WOODBURY, 

277 
CAB01  ST. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Beverly    News   Company, 

Agents  for  all 

Boston  2>ail£, 

Meekly  anb 

§unday 


Also  for  all  the  Leading  Magazines  and  Local  News- 
papers. 

Choice  Line  of       ^£> 

Confectionery  and  Cigars. 


What  Does  I.  L  WEBBER 

Rather,  what  does  he  not  have — Cloth  from  a  Ken- 
tucky Jean  at  35  cents,  to  the  Finest  Broadcloth. 
•  All  Wool  Pants  that  will  fit  boys  from  3  to  12  yrs. 

At  the   present   time,  a  big   drive   in   Men's   and 
Youths'  Pants,  all  wool,  at  $2.00.     Size  29  to  50  waist. 

A  full  line  of  Braids,   Buttons,  and  Trimmings  for 
repairing. 

A   good   cutter,  good  journeymen  tailors,  and  low 
prices  for  first-class  custom  tailoring. 

ISRAEL  T.   WEBBER. 
Atlantic  Block. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


TAKING 

CHANCES 

is  all  very  well  in  some 
cases-  Not  in  buying 
articles  for  your  table. 
If  there's  a  place  where 
you  know  you'll  get 
reliable  goods  at  fair 
prices,  that's  the  place 
to  go.  Risk  is  too  great 
to  chance  going  to  an- 
other place.  Save  time 
by  coming  at  once  to 


Bell's  Market  and  Grocery. 

Beverly  Repair  Shop  &  Supply  Store, 

F.  A.  E.  HAMILTON,  Prop,  and  Manager. 


To  Everybody — We  carry  a  full  line  of  Hardware. 

To  Farmers — if  you  want  Agricultural  Tools  or  Seeds  this 
is  the  place  to  buy  them. 

To  Shoemakers — Just  remember  that  you  can  procure  any 
and  all  shoe  tools  and  instruments  at 

HAMILTON'S 

Cor.  Pond  and  Rantoul  Sts.,          Beverly,  Mass. 


Bicycle  and  Lawn  Mowers  a  Specialty. 
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156  CABOT  STREET. 


Photographs  finished  in  Carbon,  Carbonette  or  Ivory. 


Crayons,   Pastels    and   Water    Colors 
a  Specialty. 


Have   you   seen    our    $5.00    16x20  Water    Colors? 
They  are  fine,  call  and  judge  for  yourself. 


w 


E  GIVE  SATISFACTION. 


Carbonettes  and  Ivory  Finish  Photographs 
a  specialty. 

First-class  Work  Guaranteed. 

Children's  Photographs  taken  by  the  In= 
stantaneous  Process. 

Pictures  are  warranted  not  to  fade. 


F.   L.   Hildreth,   Photographer, 

140  CABOT  STREET,  CITY. 

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Ladies 

To  Learn 

Dressmaking 

Position  When  Learned, 

^  to  $15  Weekly. 

First-class  Dressmaking. 

Satisfaction   Guaranteed. 
OPENED  9  A.  H.  TO  9  P.  fl. 


168  Cabot  Street, 

BEVERLY,      -       MASS. 


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Busiest  House  in  the  City. 

5  the 

-  Dealer  in  = 

Watches,  Clocks,  Jewelry,  Silverware,  Silver  Nov 
elties,  Optical  Goods,  etc. 

Repairing  a  Specialty. 

Satisfaction  Guaranteed 


Masonic  Building,  Beverly,  Mass. 


O.  B.  Burnham, 

Dealer  in  Meal,  Corn,  Oats,  Fine  Feed, 
Shorts,  Etc.  Loose  and  Baled  Hay  and 
Straw. 


187  and  189  Rantoul  Street, 
BEVERLY,  .  MASS, 

CONNECTED  BY  TELEPHONE. 

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Rubber    Tires    For    Carriages. 

You  must  have  them  for  Comfort. 
You  must  have  them  for  Pleasure. 
You  want  them  for  General  Use. 

We  are  putting  them  on  at  Wholesale  Prices. 


c- 

126  Rantoul  St.,  Cor.  Bow  St.,     Beverly 


We  have  first-class  goods,  good  ser- 
vice, quick  delivery,  trade  is  increasing. 
Please  send  in  your  orders  early. 

Remember,  We  give  16  oz.  to  the 
pound,  and  8  qts.  to  the  peck. 

We  have  two  Stores.      — ^-\ 

231  and  233  Cabot  Street, 
208  Rantoul  Street. 

H.  ff.  place. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

To  the  Ladies  of  Beverly. 

We  wish  to  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that 
we  have  taken  the  agency  for  the  celebrated  Bazaar 
Glove  Fitting  Patterns,  of  which  we  have  a  large  stock 
constantly  on  hand,  at  the  very  low  price  of  15  cents 
a  Pattern,  irrespective  of  marked  prices.  Call  and 
examine  counter  book.  Monthly  Fashion  Guides  Fr  ee. 

Dealers  in  Dry  and  Fancy  Goods,  Hosiery,  Ging- 
hams, Dress  Linings,  etc.  Wrappers  a  Specialty. 

Prices  always  the  Lowest. 

The  Bazaar  Pattern  Store, 

265  Cabot  Street,  Beverly. 

l^ool     f(ooir\$, 

7  RAILROAD  AVENUE, 

is  the  place  to  play  Pool,  and  buy  your 
Cigars. 

Catering  for  Parties.  Fish  Dinners  a  spec- 
ialty. 

H.   P.   JOHNSON    &    CO. 

PROPRIETORS. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


<     For 

Bicycle, 

Tennis 
and  Sporting  Shoes.   \ 

\'J£.  Putnam,  Sbe  Sboeman,  \ 

\  Odd  Fellows'  Block,  Beverly. 


CATERING. 

All  Tastes  satisfied,  from  the  epicurean 
down  to  the  humblest  workman. 

After  years  of  experience,  Gordon  the 
Caterer,  is  still  prepared  to  furnish  Banquets, 
Suppers,  Private  Dinners,  Wedding  Break- 
fasts, etc. 

Ice  Cream,  all  flavors. 

Prompt  Attention.  Service  Unexcelled. 

Emerson  G.  Gordon, 

Selby  House  Block, 

94  Cabot  St.,       Beverly,  Mass. 

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Neal  &  Newhallj 

Beverly's 
LEADING   OUTFITTERS. 


Sole  Agents  For 

LAMSOM  &  HUBBARD'S  HAT. 

F.  D.  FRASER,  Manager. 


Prices  as 
low  as  any 
in  the  city 

for  first- 
class  work. 


S.  F.  OBER  &  SON, 

plans  and  Estimates  Contractors  and  Builders. 

Cheerfully  Furnished.  Jobbing  promptly  attended  to. 

32  and  34  CENTRAL  STREET. 
Also,  Dealers  la  Real  Estate. 

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SHOES  flND  SHOEMAKING 


ILLUSTRATED. 


A  BRIEF  SKETCH  OF  THE  HISTORY  AND 

MANUFACTURE  OF  SHOES  FROM  THE 

EARLIEST  TIME 


-BY 


W,  C.  MORGAN. 

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BEVERLY,  MASS,: 
PRESS  OF  KEHEW  &  ODELL. 
1897. 


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INTRODUCTION. 


In  the  history  of  Beverly,  shoes  and  shoemaking 
have  always  been  identified  with  her  success,  and 
many  of  her  most  prominent  men  have  been  connect- 
ed with  the  craft.  The  people  of  this  generation 
have  watched  with  ever  increasing  interest,  the  de- 
velopment of  the  shoe  factory  right  here  in  our  midst, 
from  the  little  shop  in  the  door  yard  of  almost  every 
inhabitant  to  the  large  and  well  equipped  modern 
factory  of  the  present  time.  With  the  growth  of  the 
shoe  industry  there  has  also  been  a  corresponding 
growth  of  city  and  property,  and  today  we  point  with 
pride  to  the  large  and  well  regulated  shoe  factories  in 
the  manufacturing  district.  Incident  to  and  connected 
with  the  shoe  industry  are  other  industries  such  as 
the  manufacture  of  boxes  and  cartons,  and  the  man- 
ufacture of  shoe  machinery.  These-  factories  we 
have  here  today.  Beverly  shoes  are  known  through- 
out the  country,  and  several  Beverly  boys  are  sell- 
ing her  product.  It  seems  to  the  compiler  of  this 
work  that  a  book  of  this  kind  treating  of  the  history 
of  shoemaking  in  general,  and  in  Beverly  in  particular 
is  a  desirable  one  and  one  that  will  meet  the  approval 
and  recognition  of  every  Beverlyite  no  matter  wher- 
ever he  may  be.  The  author  is  indebted  to  the  late 
Hon.  John  I.  Baker  for  much  valuable  information,  to 
Albert  Vittum  and  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Recorder  for 
the  use  of  cuts  and  to  any  and  all  who  have  furnished 
data  or  statistics. 

WILLIAM  C.  MORGAN. 

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CHAPTER  I, 

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The  word  shoe  is  derived 
from  the  Anglo  Saxon  scoh, 
the  general  meaning  of 
which  is,  any  covering  for 
the  foot,  excepting,  of  course,  hosiery.  This  subject 
of  shoes  and  shoemaking  should  be  of  great  interest 
to  our  townspeople,  for  what  Beverly  is  at  the  present 
time,  her  success  and  her  position  among  her  sister 
cities  is  due  in  no  small  measure  to  her  shoe  industry, 
that  industry  which  has  increased  her  population, 
added  to  her  wealth,  and  made  her  the  thriving  city 
of  today. 

The  subject  is  a  broad  one  embracing,  as  it  does, 
all  countries  and  nations,  as  shoes  of  some  kind  are 
almost  invariably  worn  except  by  some  savage  tribes. 
One  of  the  first  times  the  word  shoe  occurs  in  the 
Bible,  if  not  the  first  time  it  is  mentioned,  is  where , 
God  meets  Moses  on  Mount  Sinai  and  speaks  to  him 
as  follows:  "Take  thy  shoes  from  off  thy  feet  for  the 
place  wheron  thou  standest  is  holy  ground. ''  These 
shoes  were  probably  sandals  which  were  the  only 
kind  then  worn.  We  find  in  profane  history,  and  we 
gather  from  the  reports  of  ^scholars  and  travelers  who 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAK1NG  ILLUSTRATED. 

have  made  ancient Jands_a__stiidy,-  that  ^hese  sandals 
were  worn  even  before  this  time,  for  f rgrrjL  pictures 
reprodQced  and  handed  down  to  us  by  these  explor- 
ers, and  which  once  decorated  the  walls  of  the  cities 
of  ancient  Egypt>_vyejfind  that  the  shoemaker,  or 
rather  the  sandal  maker,  as  he  must  have  been  called 
occupied  a  prominent  place  among  the  Egyptians. 
One  picture  in  particular  which  is  supposed  from  the 
characters  portrayed,  as  well  as  the  articles  of  wear- 
ing apparel,  to  have  decorated  the  walls  of  Thebes 
during  the  reign  of  Thotmes  Third  or  about  the  time 
of  the  exodus  of  the  Children  of  Israel  from  Egypt 
represents  the  shoemaker  at  his  work. 

The  men,  for  there  are  two  of 
them,  are  seated  on  low  stools,  one 
of  them  making  holes  in  the  thong 
of  the  sandal  through  which  the 
'strap  passed  which  bound  the  san.- 
dal  to  the  feet,  the  oth^r  sewing  the  -thong  and 
tightening  the  work  with  his  teeth.  Rather  a  prim- 
itive way  this  seems  to  us,JLn  these  days  of  the 
McKay,  the  Goodyear  and  Eppler  &  Adams  machines. 
The  tools  bear  some  resemblance  to  those  used  to- 
day" in  hand  work,  particuTarry-*ke  ~awi  -which  has 


SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

changed  but  little.  These  sandals  which  as  we  have 
'said  before  were  the  first  kind  of  shoe  of  which  we 
find  any  record,  were  made  low  and  fastened  across 
the  instep  with  leathern  thongs.  Those  worn  by  the 
common  people  of  Egypt  were  made  wholly  of  leath- 
er, while  those  worn  by  the  priests  and  nobility 
were  made  of  palm  leaves  and  papyrus.  Wilkinson 
in  his  treatise  on  the  manners  and  customs  of  the 
xancient  Egyptians  says,  ' 'Ladies  and  men  of  high 
rank  paid  great  attention  to  the  beauty  of  their  san- 
dals, but  those  of  the  middle  class  who  were  able  to 
wear  sandals,  for  they  were  considered  a  luxury, 
sometimes  and  on  some  occasions,  preferred  going 
barefoot  and  in  religious  ceremonies  the  priests  some- 
times took  them  off." 

These  sandals  were  of  great  variety  in  form  as  well 
as  material,  some  of  them  being  pointed  and  turning 
up  at  the  toes  like  our  old  fashioned  skates.  The 
Persians  during  the  reign  of  Darius  and  Xerxes  wore 
many  kinds  of  shoes.  Hall  tells  us  that  there  were 
three  prominent  varieties,  the  half  sandal,  the  shoe, 
and  the  boot  or  high  shoe.  Among  the  ancient 
Greeks  and  Romans  there  were  few  who  wore  shoes, 
these  few  being  members  of  the  royal  family,  sena- 
tors, and  nobles.  The  senators  in  particular  were 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

very  dressy  in  the  matter  of  their  shoes,  some  of 
which  were  black,  with  a  crescent  of  gold  or  silver 
on  the  instep,  while  others  were  decorated  with  orna- 
mental work  in  painting  or  embroidery,  and  some 
were  even  studded  with  jewels. 

There  were  two  kinds  of  shoes  in  vogue  at  this  time, 
the  Solea,  which  we  have  described  above,  and  the 
Calceus,  which  were  made  like  wooden  shoes  and 
which  were  designed  more  particularly  for  out  of 
door  wear.  Hope  tells  us  that  the  Grecian  ladies 
wore  shoes  laced  in  front  and  lined  with  the  furs  of 
animals  of  the  cat  tribe,  whose  heads  and  claws 
adorned  the  top,  and  dangled  down  over  the  instep, 
quite  a  fancy  ankle  decoration  certainly. 

The  Egyptian  shoe  was  woven  of  strong  river  grass 
and  other  vegetable  material,  but  was  very  rarely 
made  of  leather,  the  priests  of  Egypt  believing 
that  the  person  was  defiled  by  contact  with  anything 
that  had  been  killed. 

According  to  Homer  the  Greeks  wore  boots  to  battle 
in  the  time  of  Agamemnon.  Plato  strongly  opposed 
the  wearing  of  shoes.  On  entering  the  house  the 
shoes  were  removed  as  is  the  custom  in  the  east 
today. 

Among  the  peasants  of  France,   Holland,   Belgium 

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and  Germany,  heavy  wooden  shoes  called  "sabots" 
are  worn  as  has  been  the  custom  for  centuries. 
These  sabots  are  mostly  made  in  Brittany  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  France.  An  ax,  saw,  drill,  gouge,  and 
plane  are  all  the  tools  required  in  the  manufacture  of 
these  heavy  wooden  shoes.  The  work  is  done  in  the 
forests  and  whole  families  are  engaged  in  it. 

Sherwood  in  an  article  in  Frank 
Leslie's  some  years  ago  since  says, 
"Shoes  have  played  an  important 
part  in  the  romances  of  all  ages. 
In  our  earliest  childhood  we  delighted  in  the  adven- 
tures of  Cinderella;  or  the  little  glass  slipper." 
This  story  is  older  than  the  very  language  in  which 
our  nurses  told  it,  and  it  comes  down  to  us  accom- 
panied by  a  sort  ot  moldering  and  exquisite  perfume 
from  amidst  the  papyrus  archives  which  modern  sci- 
ence has  learned  to  translate  from  Egyptian  Hier- 
oglyphics. Pti  a  beautiful  Persian  princess  was  taken 
captive  by  m  Egyptian  general,  who  brought  her 
with  the  rest  of  his  spoils,  to  his  home  on  the  banks 
of  the  Nile.  One  day  after  bathing  her  lovely  self 
in  the  waters  of  the  great  river,  and  before  she  had 
finished  her  toilet,  Pti  was  startled  by  the  vision  of  a 
youth  as  beautiful  as  the  Sun  God,  who  ran  toward 
her  from  a  neighboring  thicket. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

'The  youth  would  have  caught  her  in  his  arms,  but 
the  lovely  Pti  was  a  true  daughter  of  Dian,  and  being 
swift  of  foot,  escaped  his  embrace  leaving  in  her  flight 
a  tiny  glass  slipper.  This  the  youth  treasured 
and  through  its  medium  was  enabled  to  discover  its 
lovely  owner.  The  Persians  alone  manufactured 
glass  shoes  in  those  days;  the  lovely  woman  was 
therefore  a  Persian!  The  general  had  brought  a  train 
of  captives  with  him  from  the  land  of  flowers  and 
glass  slippers.  How  easy  the  following  of  such  a 
clue  when  Cupid  placed  the  first  link  of  evidence,  the 
crystal  slipper  in  the  youth's  hand.  And  the  youth 
was  none  other  than  a  prince  of  blood  royal,  Ramesis 
II,  the  original  of  the  great  statue  of  Memnon,  the 
singing  statute,  which  stands  on  the  bank  of  the  river 
Nile  today.  When  Pti  was  at  last  found  she  fled  no 
more  from  her  princely  lover;  but  as  his  wife  lived 
long  and  happy,  and  her  cartouche  is  placed  beside 
his  in  the  greatest  of  all  the  pyramids." 

Writers  and  poets  of  all  ages  have  used  the  theme 
of  a  woman's  shoe  from  the  time  of  Horace  who  de- 
scribes a  coquettish  Roman  beauty  tightening  the 
straps  of  her  sandals  around  her  pretty  ankles,  down 
to  that  of  T.  B.  Aldrich  in  whose  "Queen  of  Sheba" 

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the  little  slipper  of  the  heroine  plays  so  important  a 
part  in  the  life  and  character  of  the  hero.  It  is  said 
that  of  all  races  Americans  have  the  most  beautiful 
feet.  Several  familiar  proverbs  relate  to  shoes. 
'  'Waiting  for  dead  men's  shoes. "  "I  would  not  stand 
in  his  shoes. "  'Too  big  for  his  shoes."  "I  prefer 
to  be  trodden  on  by  the  velvet  slipper  rather  than 
the  wooden  shoe"  are  some  of  the  expressions. 

High  shoes  reach- 
ing nearly  to  the 
middle  of  the  leg 
were  worq  by  men 
of  high  rank  in  the 
Tenth  century.  The  Normans  wore  shoes  very 
simple  in  form  and  made  of  leather.  The  early  kings 
of  England  are  represented  as  wearing  shoes  deco- 
rated with  bands  of  silver  and  gold  representing 
leather.  During  the  Fourteenth  century,  shoes  were 
made  of  a  peculiar  style  some  of  them  nearly  two 
feet  long  and  tapering  to  a  point;  these  were  brought 
up  and  tied  at  the  knee.  Some  very  fashionable 
young  men  wore  them  of  different  colors,  for  instance; 
one  boot  of  red,  the  other  of  a  yellow  colored  leather. 
From  this  style  fashion  suddenly  changed,  for  fashion 
like  fortune  is  fickle,  from  one  extreme  to  the  other, 

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and  shoes  were  worn  which  were  nearly  as  broad  as 
they  were  long.  In  fact  the  fashion  was  carried  to 
such  an  extent  that  Queen  Mary  was  obliged  to  pro- 
hibit the  wearing  of  shoes  which  were  more  than  six 
inches  broad. 

High  heels  are  of  no  recent  origin,  but  on  the  con- 
trary are  very  old  for  as  early  as  the  beginning  of  the 
Seventeenth  century  we  find,  from  representations  of 
costumes  of  that  time,  that  the  heels  of  shoes  were 
worn  very  high,  some  of  them  being  three  or  four 
inches  high,  so  that  the  French  heel  of  recent  years, 
instead  of  being  a  new  invention,  is  but  an  old  and 
injurious  fashion  restored,  and  enough  cannot  be  said 
against  them,  for  they  are  not  only  injurious  but  also 
unhealthy. 

The  present  form  of  the  shoe  was  adopted  in  the 
Seventeenth  century,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
same  century  shoe  buckles  were  used  and  these  con- 
tinued to  be  used  until  the  beginning  of  the  present 
century.  The  most  curious  of  all  shoes  are  those 
worn  by  the  Chinese  women  in  high  stations.  They 
are  very  small  some  of  them  being  not  over  three 
or  four  inches  in  length.  When  very  young  the 
Chinese  girls  have  their  feet  bound  so  tight  with 
bandages  that  growth  is  stopped  which  of  course  is 

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very  painful,  but  what  of  that  as  long  as  it  is  fashion- 
able, and  there  is  really  no  foot  at  all,  only  a  little 
sort  of  a  bunch  or  ball  of  flesh,  bearing  no  resem- 
blance to  a  foot  except  that  the  shape  of  the  toes  are 
visible.  In  Japan  sandals  of  straw  are  worn.  In  South 
America  sandals  made  of  plaited  thongs  of  hemp  are 
used  to  cover  the  foot  and  we  are  all  more  or  less 
familiar  with  the  moccasin  of  the  North  American 
Indian. 


SHOP  IN  WHICH  WOODBURY  BROS.  COMMENCED  BUSINESS. 


CHAPTER  II.  _^ 

Adam  Smith,  in  a  work  pub- 
lished some  time  since  said  "The 
excessive  consumption  of  leather 
indicates  a  superior  degree  of 
civilization.  America  today  is  one  of  the  greatest  con- 
sumers of  leather  in  its  varied  forms  of  manufacture, 
and  it  is  universally  acknowledged  that  the  civiliza- 
tion of  the  United  States  is  of  the  highest  grade." 
We  are  all  of  us  more  or  less  familiar  with  the  little 
shoemaker's  shop  which  formerly  occupied  a  corner 
in  the  yard  of  every  farmer,  and  which  during  the 
winter  was  made  a  source  of  profit  to  himself  and 
family  by  the  manufacture  of  shoes.  There  was  no 
noise  of  machinery,  for  the  work  was  all  done  by 
hand  and  the  outfit  was  a  small  one  but  these  little 
shops  were  busy  places. 

The  well  to  do  people  of  those  times  as  well  as 
others  perhaps  not  so  well  to  do,  but  who  did'nt  have 
much  of  an  inclination  to  work,  and  their  descendants 
are  with  us  today,  would  gather  there  and  with  the 
shoemaker  discuss  the  questions  of  the  day.  In 
these  little  12  x  16  shops  many  theological  and  politi- 

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cal  questions  were  settled,  tor  the  shoemakers  of  the 
olden  time  as  well  as  the  the  followers  of  the  craft  to- 
day were  as  well  read  and  instructed  as  any  class  of 
our  citizens. 

We  remember  even  those  of  us  who  are  still  young, 
the  little  low  bench  with  the  seat  on  one  end  and 
the  place  for  the  "kit"  on  the  other,  and  that  kit 
also.  Two  or  three  knives,  lapstone^  hammer,  strap, 
shave,  long  stick,  shoulder  stick,  awls,  bristles  and 
thread  in  the  small  drawer^  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
bench,  also  the  tub  of  water  in  the  middle  of  the 
floor  containing  the  sticks  or  balls  of  wax.  These 
are  all  familiar  to  many  of  us  and  now  today  as  we 
look  at  our  large  factories  filled  with  the  most  delicate 
yet  simple  machinery,  capable  of  performing  the 
work  of  many  men,  we  can  see  what  immense  strides 
this  industry  has  made  during  the  century. 

The  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes  is  now  ac- 
knowledged as  one  of  the  principal  and  most  import- 
ant industries  in  the  United  States.  As  long  ago  as 
1858  Richardson  says  in  a  work  published  in  London, 
'The  Americans  are  rapidly  securing  to  themselves  a 
superiority  over  all  other  nations  in  this  important  in- 
dustry and  in  a  few  years  all  shoes  of  American  man- 
ufacture will  be  regarded  as  the  Ne  Plus  Ultra  of  the 

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art"     We  find  that  shoes  were  made  in  many  pri- 
vate families  for  home  use,  among  the  early  settlers 
while  those  for  Sunday  wear  and  dress  up  occasions 
were  imported  from  the  mother  country. 

Although  shoes  were  made  in  many  Masachusetts 
towns,  yet  the  centre  of  the  business  aeems  to  have 
been  from  the  early  history  of  the  trade,  in  Lynn. 
For  we  read  in  an  old  work  describing  this  business, 
that  the  town  of  Lynn  from  its  earliest  settlement 
was  noted  for  its  shoemakirig  which  was  one  of  its 
chief  industries,  and  it  was  with  such  facilities  that 
shoes  were  made  there,  that  it  led  to  the  saying  that 
shoes  grew  spontaneously  in  Lynn.  If  these  things 
could  be  said  many  years  ago  what  can  we  say  today 
with  our  shops  filled  with  machinery  and  every 
modern  labor  saving  device  which  are  so  plentiful  in 
every  well  regulated  shoe  factory.  The  work  was 
done  in  the  families  of  the  manufacturers  in  the  early 
history  of  the  business,  there  being  no  factories  the 
business  was  necessarily  conducted  on  a  small  scale. 
In  1750  however,  a  new  start  was  given  to  the  . 
business  by  one  John  Adam  Dagyr,  a  Welsh  shoe- 
maker who  at  that  time  had  just  settled  in  Lynn. 
This  man  by  his  superior  workmanship  and  his  fideli- 
ty to  business,  achieved  for  himself  no  mean  reputa- 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAK1NG  ILLUSTRATED. 

tion  and  greatly  improved  the  then  existing  styles  of 
work.  The  Continental  army  during  the  Revolution 
was  supplied  with  shoes  made  in  Massachusetts. 

After  the  close  of  the  war,  and  our  ports  had  been 
opened  to  foreign  vessels,  shoes  began  to  be  imported 
as  our  people  were  in  no  condition  at  that  time  to  com- 
pete with  European  manufacturers.  It  was  not  long, 
however,  that  shoe  business  was  dull,  as  the  saying 
is  today,  for  in  1788,  the  city  of  Lynn  exported  100, 
ooo  pairs  of  shoes;  and  in  1795,  300,000  pairs  were 
manufactured  and  there  were  employed  in  that  city, 
200  master  workmen  and  nearly  600  apprentices  and 
journeymen.  The  first  vessel  to  carry  a  full  cargo  of 
boots  and  shoes  sailed  for  New  York  during  May,  1818, 
Shipments  had  been  made  for  sometime  previous,  but 
this  was  the  first  vessel  that  had  ever  carried  boots 
and  shoes  exclusively.  At  that  time  the  manufacture 
was  confined  almost  wholly  to  New  England,  but  it 
soon  spread  and  increased  until  in  1829  there  were 
four  jobbing  boot  and  shoe  houses  in  New  York  and 
Boston;  during  the  same  year  the  wholesale  dealers 
handled  about  1,000,000  pairs.  The  trade  kept  grad- 
ually increasing  in  the  United  States  until  in  1858, 
there  were  218  wholesale  and  jobbing  boot  and  shoe 
houses,  and  through  these  houses  passed  the  number 

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of  pairs  manufactured  during  the  year,  viz:  52,000, 
ooo.  One  of  the  greatest  strides  made  in  this  indus- 
try was  in  1851,  when  the  pegging  machine  was  in- 
vented by  A.  C.  Gallagher  and  which  was  much  im- 
proved later  by  E.  Townsend  and  B.  F.  Sturtevant 
of  Boston.  It  is  estimated  that  at  the  present  time 
there  are  more  than  2,000  of  these  machines  in  use, 
As  two  or  more  rows  of  pegs  can  be  driven  at  the 
same  time  with  these  machines,  it  will  be  seen  at  a 
glance  what  a  vast  saving  of  labor  is  made  over  the 
old  method  of  working  with  pegging  awl  and  hammer. 
Another  invention  of  equal  importance  which,  although 
came  later  may  be  mentioned  in  connection  with  the 
former,  was  the  McKay  sewing  machine,  the  inven- 
tion of  one  Blake  and  still  called  in  England  the  Blake 
perfected  by  Gordon  McKay  and  which  proved  to  be 
a  great  bonanza  to  the  patentee  and  owners. 

From  the  following  statistics,  we  can  see  the  steady 
increase  of  the  business  from  1845  to  1880.  We  are 
aware  that  statistics  are  dry  reading  and  are  very 
often  shunned  and  slighted  by  the  average  reader, 
but  we  think  this  subject  of  great  importance  to  the 
people  of  Beverly,  for  from  this  business  a  large  por- 
tion of  our  community  derive  their  income  and  sup- 
port. We  shall  confine  ourselves  in  these  figures  to 

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our  own  state,  for  Massachusetts  is  the  banner  state 
in  this  industry  and  it  will  be  of  much  more  interest 
to  us  than  would  general  statistics.  In  1845  the  va'~ 
ue  of  boots  and  shoes  manufactured  was  $14,799, 140; 
number  of  pairs  made,  20,896,372;  number  of  persons 
engaged  in  the  work,  45,877.  In  1845 — value,  $37, 
501,725;  number  of  pairs  made,  45,066,828;  persons 
engaged  in  the  work,  77,827,  In  1857  in  the  city  of 
Lynn,  there  were  about  5,000  workmen  and  nearly 
4,000,000  pairs  manufactured.  In  the  town  of  Mil- 
ford  during  the  same  year  there  were  manufactured 
2, 000,000  pairs.  In  1865 — value  $56, 113,987;  num- 
ber of  pairs,  31,070,581;  persons  employed,  52,821. 
We  see  by  comparing  the  figures  of  1855  and  1865, 
that  less  shoes  were  made  and  the  value  much  increased. 
This  is  of  course  easily  explained  by  the  fact  that 
during  the  war,  less  work  was  done,  because  there 
were  fewer  men  at  home  to  do  it,  but  what  shoes 
were  made  commanded  the  highest  prices.  In  1875, 
the  value  of  the  goods  manufactured  was  $89, 375, 792; 
number  of  persons  employed,  49,708.  The  number 
of  working  hours  through  the  state  averages  ten 
hours  per  day.  The  wages  paid  during  the  year  end- 
ing May  ist,  1875,  averaged  $525  for  each  male,  and 
$300  for  each  female  employed.  The  total  amount 

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paid  out  in  the  state  during  the  same  period  was  $18, 
727,124;  of  which  $3,687,077  was  paid  in  Lynn  or 
nearly  20  per  cent,  of  the  amount  of  capital  invested, 
$18,692,864.  One  more  comparison.  From  the 
differences  between  the  number  employed  in  1845 
and  1875,  and  the  difference  in  the  value  and  amount 
of  production,  we  see  what  an  immense  saving  of 
labor  the  introduction  of  machinery  has  been,  for 
nearly  three  times  as  many  shoes  were  made  in  1875 
than  in  184$,  and  only  3,000  more  persons  were  en- 
gaged in  the  work.  The  entire  boot  and  shoe  produc- 
tion of  our  state  is  now  over  $100,000,000  annually- 
From  the  Massachusetts  statistics  of  labor  for  1895, 
we  glean  the  following:  Number  of  persons  employed 
35,741;  wages  paid  $12,302,058;  value  of  stock  $47, 
888,675;  value  of  product  $76,882,713. 


CHAPTER  III. 

This  chapter  is  a  short 
history  of  the  manufac- 
ture of  shoes  in  Beverly 
from  its  earliest  settle- 
ment up  to  the  present  time,  with  the  names  of  many 
prominent  citizens  who  have  been  from  time  to  time 
engaged  in  the  work.  The  subject  treated  fully 
would  occupy  more  space  than  we  have  at  the  present 
at  our  disposal,  in  fact  would  fill  a  volume;  so  we 
have  gone  over  the  field  carefully,  gleaning  such 
statistics  and  items  of  information  as  may  be  most  in- 
structive and  interesting  to  us  today. 

It  was  the  custom  in  the  early  history  of  our  country 
for  journeymen  shoemakers  or  "tramping  jours"  as 
they  were  called  to  travel  from  house  to  house  repair- 
ing shoes,  and  not  unfrequently  they  took  orders  for 
shoes  to  measure.  These  shoemakers  or  cordwinders 
and  cordwainers  as  they  were  called  in  those  days, 
boarded  with  the  men  for  whom  they  were  working, 
staying  at  a  house  until  all  necessary  repairs  in  their 
line  had  been  made,  then  going  on  to  the  next  place 

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and  so  on.  In  the  winter  they  travelled  on  snowshoe?. 
The  earliest  cordwainer  of  whom  we  have  any  know- 
ledge in  our  city,  was  Andrew  Elliott,  who  lived  near 
the  present  residence  of  the  late  Israel  Elliott,  a  de- 
scendent,  on  Cabot  Street,  just  above  Beckford  St. 
This  part  of  the  town  was  called  '  'Hay market"  also 
"The  City"  and  was  a  very  important  place  and  a 
center  of  trade. 

Mr.  Elliott  was  the  first  town  clerk  of  Beverly  and 
from  him  descended  many  prominent  men,  including 
President  Elliot  of  Harvard  College.  We  find  that  a 
shoemaker  of  note,  Thomas  Beard,  resided  in  Salem 
in  1629.  Also  that  Thomas  Edwards,  a  name  familiar 
to  Beverly  people  today,  resided  in  the  same  town. 
This  was  in  1649  and  in  1652  Jonas  Fairbanks  was 
brought  before  an  Essex  County  court  and  charged 
with  wearing  great  boots. 

Just  before  the  revolutionary  war,  Joseph  Foster 
moved  to  Beverly  from  Ipswich.  He  was  deacon 
and  also  town  clerk.  He  settled  on  Cabot  St. ,  near 
the  way  now  known  as  Chestnut  St.  He  was  one 
of  those  who  supplied  the  Continental  Army  with 
shoes  during  the  war.  His  shop  was  afterward  occu- 
pied by  Thomas  Herrick,  who  with  his  sons,  Joseph 
H.,  now  living,  Sidney,  Emerson,  Thomas  F.  and 

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Oliver  carried  on  the  business.  Geo.  F.  Herrick  re- 
siding on  the  corner  of  Dane  and  Hale  Streets,  the  son 
of  Oliver,  still  continues  in  the  craft.  This  shop 
was  afterward  moved  to  the  corner  of  Cabot  and 
Myrtle  streets  and  forms,  if  we  mistake  not,  part  of 
the  old  house  now  standing  there. 

Joseph  Foster's  son  Daniel  had  a  shop  on  the  va- 
cant lot  just  below  the  Samuel  P,  Lovett  estate  where 
he  manufactured  thick,  heavy  boots,  calf  skin  jackets 
and  petticoat  trousers  for  fishermen.  The  principal 
retail  trade  in  shoes  was  done  by  the  grocers  at  that 
time,  and  Mr.  Foster  supplied  these  stores  in  our  own 
and  adjoining  towns  with  men's  shoes  of  various  de- 
signs. 

He  shipped  also  as  was  customary  in  those  days, 
shoes  to  the  West  Indies  and  to  the  southern  states, 
receiving  in  return  all  kinds  of  produce,  beans,  corn, 
grain,  etc.  In  connection  with  shoes,  hats,  furniture  and 
New  England  rum  formed  part  of  the  shipments. 
These  men  would  occasionally  accompany  the  ship- 
ment, both  for  the  sake  of  the  trip  and  to  superintend 
the  sale  of  the  cargo.  The  following  anecdote  will 
illustrate  the  fearlessness  and  pluck  of  these  men: 
During  the  war  of  1812  several  of  these  shoemakers 
chartered  a  schooner,  loaded  her  at  Essex  during  the 

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night,  ran  the  blockade  successfully,  disposed  of  their 
cargo  at  an  immense  profit  securing  for  themselves  a 
good  round  sum  of  money  as  the  result  of  their  ven- 
ture and  the  reward  of  their  daring. 

Daniel  Foster's  three  sons,  James,  Seth  and  Joseph, 
all  worked  with  him,  and  later  they,  under  the  firm 
name  uf  Daniel  Foster  &  Son,  owned  the  patent  for 
manufacturing  pegged  shoes  in  Essex  county.  James 
Foster  manufactured  shoes  in  the  Gorham  Howard 
house  on  Bartlett  street,  also  in  the  original  part  of 
the  shop  where  the  late  Wm.  W.  Hinkley's  house 
now  is. 

His  sun  the  late  Daniel,  for  many  years  our  worthy 
assessor,  succeeded  him  in  the  business  until  he  re- 
tired in  1841,  to  engage  in  the  fishing  business. 

Seth  Foster  worked  in  the 
business  in  town  until  1874, 
when  he  removed  to  Marblehead 
and  continued  the  trade  there. 
Many  of  the  older  manufacturers 
of  that  town  learned  their  trade  of  him. 

In  1829  he  removed  to  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  devoted 
his  time  to  the  manufacture  of  custom  shoes  in  con- 
nection with  his  store  there,  In  1830  he  removed  to 
Newark,  N.  J.,  and  in  the  year  following  to  Elizabeth, 

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the  same  state,  where  he  remained  until  his  death  in 
1833.  It  was  said  of  Mr.  Foster,  that  he  was  the 
first  to  introduce  pegged  shoes  into  New  York  State. 
He  was  the  father  of  Wm.  A.  Foster  now  living  at  37 
Railroad  avenue,  whom  we  all  remember  was  so  long 
inactive  business  on  Park  St.,  and  who  was,  we 
think,  the  first  to  introduce  steam  machinery  in  con- 
nection with  the  manufacture  of  shoes  in  Beverly. 
Also  of  Daniel  Foster,  2nd,  who  for  many  years  did 
a  large  business  on  the  corner  of  Railroad  avenue  and 
Rantoul  St.  Joseph  Foster,  if  we  are  not  mistaken, 
left  no  children.  He  worked  with  his  father  some- 
what, but  paid  more  attention  to  out  of  door  matters, 
and  experimented  largely  in  the  culture  of  the  mul- 
berry with  a  view  to  raising  silk  worms  and  to  the 
manufacture  of  silk.  For  this  purpose  he  set  out  the 
orchard  of  trees  near  the  corner  of  West  Dane  and 
Cabot  Streets,  and  from  which  Mulberry  Street  de- 
rives its  name.  His  experiments  were  both  interest- 
ing and  curious,  and  he  was  commended  by  the  agri- 
cultural department  at  Washington  for  his  intelligent 
attention  to  the  subject.  But,  as  it  required  more 
capital  to  successfully  develop  his  experiments  than 
he  was  able  to  command,  he  was  never  able  to  meet 
his  expectations  in  this  particular. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

Among  those  who  learned  the  trade  of  the  elder 
Daniel  were  Capt.  Daniel  Cross,  Olphert  Tittle  and 
Osman  Gage,  all  seafaring  men,  the  Jatter  the  father 
of  Mrs.  Charles  T.  Lovett. 

Mr.  Tittle  carried  on  an  extensive  business  where 
Green's  Drug  Store  now  is.  . 

Deacon  Nehemiah  Roundy  had  a  shop  near  the 
northerly  corner  of  the  Kittredge  estate  on  Cabot  St. 
At  this  time  it  was  customary  for  apprentices  to  serve 
seven  years  and  to  board  with  their  masters.  Some 
were  bound  out  at  a  very  early  age  and  served  until 
they  were  21.  One  little  orphan  boy  was  bound  to 
a  shoemaker  at  the  age  of  7.  When  he  was  14  he 
remarked  to  a  companion  that  he  was  the  happiest 
boy  alive,  for  he  had  only  7  years  more  to  serve. 
The  deacon  introduced  the  system  of  apprentices  ser- 
ving 14  months.  At  the  end  of  that  time  they  con- 
sidered their  trade  learned  and  received  journeymen's 
wages.  He  had  many  apprentices  under  this  system, 
and  some  of  them  have  been  and  are  today  among 
our  most  noted  and  influential  citizens.  Out  of  the 
many  we  will  mention  but  one,  a  name  familiar  to  all 
Beverly  people  the  late  Hon.  John  I.  Baker. 

Mr.  Roundy  built  the  shop  now  the  Dane  house 
on  Cabot  Street,  having  sold  the  old  one  to  Jeremiah 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 
Trask,  Jr.,  who  removed  it  across  the  street.  He 
(Mr.  Roundy)  manufactured  the  celebrated  Welling- 
ton Boot,  a  very  popular  and  leading  style  at  that 
time.  He  shipped  shoes  to  Africa  and  other  foreign 
countries  and  also  had  a  very  successful  home  trade 
in  Boston,  and  for  many  years  made  his  weekly  trip 
over  the  road  with  his  one-horse  team.  He  after- 
ward sold  the  second  shop  and  moved  nearer  home 
into  the  shop  now  occupied  as  a  dwelling  house  by 
Benjamin  Holden.  Three  of  his  sons,  John  P.,  Aug- 
ustus and  George  worked  with  him,  the  latter  doing 
quite  an  extensive  business  even  after  he  had 
engaged  in  the  lumber  trade.  Among  those  who 
worked  in  this  old  shop  of  Mr.  Roundy 's,  near  his 
dwelling  house,  was  Joseph  Woodbury,  2nd,  who 
for  many  years  manufactured  shoes  on  the  corner  of 
Railroad  Avenue  and  Hardy  street,  and  who  after  his 
death  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Myron,  who  still  con- 
tinues 'in  the  trade.  George  A.  Woodbury,  2nd, 
another  son,  was  for  years  located  near  the  corner  of 
Park  and  Bow  streets,  and  did  quite  an  extensive 
business  there.  Joseph  Masury  is  another  who 
worked  in  this  same  shop.  He  afterward  did  a  large 
and  successful  business  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  other 
Western  cities,  and  is  at  present  we  believe,  residing 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

at  or  near  the  former  place.  James  Hill  who  was  so 
long  our  efficient  town  clerk,  and  who  for  many  years 
was  so  prominent  in  town  affairs,  was  another  of 
Deacon  Roundy's  employes.  William  Goodrich 
carried  on  the  business  in  the  Luke  Goodrich  house 
near  the  corner  of  Dane  and  Cabot  streets.  His  sons 
Charles,  Luke  and  William,  worked  with  him,  the 
latter  being  the  father  of  Calvin  and  Charles  W. 
Goodrich.  The  house  where  Calvin  now  resides 
was  formerly  the  property  of  his  grandfather. 
About  the  year  1819,  Capt  Thomas  .  B.  Smith 
bought  the  Benjamin  Roundy  estate  adjoining  the 
William  Goodrich  house.  He  enlarged  and  altered 
the  house  to  its  present  size  and  shape,  and  built  here 
a  large  factory  where  he  did  an  extensive  business 
in  the  manufacture  of  heavy  boots  and  shoes.  This 
shop  was  for  many  years  a  sort  of  reform  headquart- 
ers where  anti-slavery,  temperance,  freemasonry  and 
many  other  radical  measures  were  discussed,  and 
which  found  earnest  support  and  many  able  advo- 
cates. His  brother,  John  G.  Smith,  worked  with 
him.  This  shop  was  afterwards  moved  down  on 
Railroad  avenue  near  the  depot,  and  forms  a  part  of 
the  Railroad  House  formerly  owned  by  the  late 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

Jeremiah  Murphy,  and  recently  moved  to  River  street. 
In  1830,  David  Lefavour  began  the  manufacture  of 
women's  morocco  walking  shoes  in  the  shop  on  the 
Capt.  Issachar  Foster  estate,  now  owned  by  Stephen 
S.  Woodbury  at  the  cove.  He  found  a  market  for 


his  goods,  through  a  kinsman,  in  Providence,  R.  1., 
and  gained  for  them  an  excellent  reputation.  He 
also  took  short  term  apprentices.  '  His  business 
increased  until  he  was  obliged  to  build  larger  at  the 
cove,  .and  when  his  son  Joseph  W.,  became  of  age 

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BRAY,  STANLEY  &  WEBBER  is  one  of  the  youngest 
firms  in  the  city  having  been  organized  but  a  few  years. 
The  firm  is  composed  of  Clifford  B.  Bray,  who  at  present 
represents  Ward  one  in  the  board  of  aldermen,  Ralph  D. 
Stanley  and  Louis  D,  Webber.  They  are  all  young  men  but 
are  men  of  experience  in  the  business.  Mr.  Bray  was  for 
years  general  superintendent  of  the  J.  A.  Wallis  factory. 
He  superintends  the  manufacture.  Mr.  Stanley  has  had  long 
experience  as  a  salesman  and  upon  him  devolves  the  duty  of 
selling  the  product.  Mr.  Webber  is  a  designer  of  patterns 
and  a  practical  cutter,  and  looks  after  that  end  of  the  busi- 
ness. The  specialties  of  the  firm  are  Misses'  and  Children's 
machine  sewed,  and  old  ladies'  warm  goods.  They  make 
only  for  the  jobbing  trade  their  goods  being  Dipped  to  New 
York,  Philadelphia,  Chicago,  and  the  North  West. 


R.  E.  LARCOM  is  one  of  the  best 
known  shoe  manufacturers  in  the  city 
having  been  connected  with  the  industry 
since  the  age  of  19  years.  He  was  for 
many  years  in  the  shoe  finding  business, 
embarking  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes 
some  eight  years  ago.  He  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  Misses'  and  Children's  spring 
neel  shoes,  and  his  goods  are  conceded  to 
be  second  to  none  made  in  the  city.  Mr. 
Larcom  occupies  the  large  C.  H.  Cressy 
factory  on  Park  street.  The  output  is 
handled  entirely  by  jobbers,  and  he  has 
attained  an  enviable  reputation  among 
retailers  and  consumers.  The  business  is 
under  the  entire  supervision  of  Mr.  Larcom,  who  is  an  able 
and  efficient  business  man  and  a  thorough  shoemaker. 


SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

and  was  associated  with  him,  the  business  increased 
still  more,  and  he  was  ultimately  obliged  to  build  the 
large  and  convenient  factory  on  Rantoul  street,  where 
after  the  father's  death,  the  business  was  carried  on 
by  the  son,  until  his  death  a  sh^it  time  since.  John 
Lefavour,  a  brother  of  DaviJ,  commenced  the  man- 
ufacture of  shoes  in  1847.  He  was,  during  the 
early  part  of  his  life,  a  seafaring  man,  being  engaged 
in  the  merchant  service  and  bank  fishing.  For  some 
two  years  he  manufactured  goods  for  the  Cuba  trade, 
his  shop  being  on  Ober  street  at  the  Cove.  In  1864 
he  removed  his  business  to  Park  street  near  the  depot, 
and  took  into  partnership  his  son  John  H.  He  con- 
inued  in  the  business  until  his  death  in  1872. 

Nearly  opposite 
the  place  where 
David  Lefavour 
started  in  busi- 
ness stood  the  lit- 
tle shop  where 
the  name  Woodbury  Brothers  may  be  said  to  have 
originated.  In  this  little  shop  (which  has  since  been 
removed  and  which  is  now  used  as  a  shed  upon  the 
premises  of  the  present  Woodbury  Bros. ),  Thomas 


SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 


Eight  years  ago  SOLON  LOVETT  started  in  a 
small  way  to  manufacture  sole  leather  cut  stock.  The 
business  under  his  careful  foresight  has  steadily 
increased  until  today  he  employs  twenty-five  to 
thirty  workmen  making  top  lifts,  soles,  counters,  taps, 
etc.,  which  find  a  ready  sale  not  only  in  Beverly,  and 
surrounding  towns  but  all  over  New  England.  From 
the  little  shop  near  the  Boston  &  Maine  depot  he 
moved  into  larger  quarters  in  the  Myron  Woodbury 
factory,  until  he  moved  to  his  present  building  on 
Federal  street.  This  building  has  been  enlarged  since 
its  occupancy,  to  meet  the  constantly  increasing 
business.  Mr.  Lovett  is  a  man  of  natural  executive 
ability  and  is  also  a  practical  man  whose  experience 
in  the  details  of  the  business  enables  him  to  produce 
stock  which  is  in  demand  with  the  trade.  By  his  own 
unaided  exertion  he  built  up  his  large  trade.  Mr. 
Lovett  is  also  an  extensive  real  estate  promoter  and 
has  developed  successfully  several  large  tracts  of 
land. 


SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

Woodbury,  the  father  of  the  present  firm,  with  his 
brothers  Elisha,  Luther  and  Stephen,  worked  at  their 
trade.  The  present  firm  also  started  in  this  little  shop 
but  were  soon  obliged  to  build  larger  there,  and  have 
manufactured  more  goods  and  employed  more  helpthan 
any  other  factory  in  town.  Next  to  the  shop  of 
John  Lefavour  at  the  Cove  was  the  Boden  shop 


where  Warren,  an  early  apprentice  of  Deacon  Roundy 
and  his  brother  Porter  D.,  who  are  now  deceased 
worked  at  the  trade.  Opposite  this  shop  was  the 
Galloup  shop,  where  some  of  the  Galloup  brothers 
worked  at  the  trade,  of  whom  Jonas  G.,  alone,  sur- 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 


Thefirmof  J.  A.  WALLIS  &  CO.  is  one  of  theoldest  estab- 
lished houses  in  the  city.  In  one  chapter  of  this  book,  we 
find  that  the  firm  have  succeeded  in  direct  line  to  the  business. 
This  firm  was  founded  in  1867,  by  Cressy  &  Wallis.  They 
started  in  a  small  way,  but  were  so  successful  that  the  pres- 
ent factory  corner  of  Park  and  Bow  streets  was  erected.  The 
business  continued  under  this  name  until  1877, when  on  the 
death  of  Mr.  Cressy  the  style  of  the  firm  was  changed  to 
Wallis,  Kilham  &  Bray.  Messrs.  J.  C.  Kilham  and  S.  B. 
Bray  having  been  taken  into  the  concern  a  few  years  previous, 
and  in  i8Q2,  Messrs.  Kilham  &  Bray  retired,  Mr.  Wallis  con- 
tinuing alone,  until  a  year  or  more  ago,  he  took  his  two  sons 
Arthur  C.  and  Percy  into  partnership  with  him,  the  firm  now 
being  J.  A.  Wallis  &  Co.  They  make  Dongola  button  and 
polish  in  McKay  sewed  and  Goodyear  welts,  together  with 
some  heavy  and  warm  goods  and  oxfords.  These  goods  are 
sent  to  all  sections  of  the  U.  S.  and  to  Australia.  One  spe- 
cialty is  their  hand  process,  machine  sewed  shoe,  which  is  in 
great  demand  throughout  the  trade. 


J.  H.  SANBORN,  Manufacturer  of  Old  Ladies' 
Machine  and  Hand  Sewed  Boots  and  Shoes  and 
Oxford  Ties,  in  the  Norwood  Building,  Railroad  Ave- 
nue. Mr.  Sanborn  is  a  practical  shoe  man,  engaged 
in  the  manufacturer  of  Children's  Shoes  from  1887 
to  1893,  since  which  time  he  has  been  engaged  in 
making  the  specialties  mentioned  above.  He  has  a 
well  equipped  plant,  and  manufactures  for  both  the 
wholesale  and  retail  trade,  and  his  goods  which  are 
styled.  ' 'Old  Ladies'  Comfort,"  "Always  Easy," 
have  won  for  him  an  enviable  reputation,  as  a  Shoe 
Manufacturer. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

vives.  Samuel  W.,  a  son  of  Samuel  Galloup,  and 
who  for  many  years  was  connected  with  David  Lefa- 
vour  &  Son,  still  continues  in  one  branch  of  the  trade 
on  South  street,  Boston.  John  O.  Standley  now 
deceased  and  Thomas  Banners,  were  among  the  older 
workers  at  this  shop.  Another  old  shop  was  that 
of  Phillip  Hammond  down  at  Ober's  point.  Mr. 
Hammond  used  to  give  out  shoes  to  the  boys  to  sew 


at  four  cents  per  pair.  Phillip  A.  Hammond  and 
Daniel  W.  Hammond,  both  of  whom  are  at  Haver- 
hill,  worked  here.  Another  was  the  shop  of  John 
K.  Fielder,  which  stood  just  below  the  hose  house, 
and  adjoining  Nathan  Hull's  estate.  Here  worked 
Benjamin  L.  Foster,  John  W.  Abbott  and  many 
others  whose  names  are  familiar  ones  to-day.  This 
shop,  which  has  since  been  removed  to  Lothrop 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 


-  \ 


There  is  as  good  a  chance 
for  a  young  man  to  start 
in  the  shoe  business  now  as 
there  was  twenty-five  years 
ago,  criers  of  "hard  times" 
to  the  contrary  notwith- 
standing, and  Beverly  is  the 
place  to  do  it  in. 

A  few  hustling  young 
men  have  set  an  example, 
now  let  others  follow  and 
keep  Beverly  in  its  present 

Mell.  Woodbury        p|ace  as  a  Jeader  jn  the  jjst  Geo.  Millet! 

of  shoe  cities.  Shall  not  the  prosperity  which  has  been  given 
to  our  city  by  the  push  and  enterprise  of  the  young  men  of 
30,  40  and  50  years  ago  be  continued  through  the  efforts  of 
the  hustling  young  men  of  today?  Give  the  young  men  a 
chance,  capitalists.  Don't  be  conservative.  Conservatism 
has  been  the  ruin  of  some  of  our  smartest  manufacturing 
,  cities.  Enterprise  and 

™  business  ability  are  de- 

M  serving  of  appreciation 

H  and  demand  encourage- 1 
ment. 

The  shoe  industry  is 
the  heart  and  source  of  | 
Beverly's  prosperity 
and  the  foundation  up- 
on which  it  has  reared 
itself.  Let  us  keep  the 
life  current  throbbing 
and  add  to  the  structure 

Levi  J.  Woodbury   Millett,Woodbury&Co.      Perley  G    Eldredge 

are  examples  of  what  can  be  done  here.  The  members  of  this 
firm  are  George  Millett,  who  personally  attends  to  the  stock 
department,  Perley  G.  Eldredge  who  superintends  the  manu- 
facture, Levi  J.  Woodbury  who  has  charge  of  the  packing 
and  shipping  room,  and  Melville  Woodbury  who  buys  the 
stock  and  sell-s  the  product.  They  are  all  energetic,  progress- 
ive business  men,  each  attending  to  his  own  department  and 
all  working  for  their  constantly  increasing  trade. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

street,  was  a  sort  of  a  rendezvous  for  the  boys,  who 
used  to  meet  here  evenmgs  and  learn  to  play  the 
violin  and  other  instruments,  and  many  a  good  time 
has  been  enjoyed  in  this  place.  Israel  Foster,  the 
father  of  Capt.  Samuel  Foster,  had  a  shop  at 
Chapman's  corner  and  did  considerable  busi- 
ness there.  There  were  other  shoe  shops  in  this 
neighborhood  in  which  worked  Ezra  S.  Foster,  Lar- 
kin  West  and  many  others.  The  shop  of  Ezra 
Cleaves,  on  the  corner  of  Dane  and  Essex  streets 
was  another  of  the  older  ones  in  that  vicinity,  as  was 
also  the  shop  of  Hezekiah  and  George  Wallis,  near 
their  homestead  on  the  corner  of  Cabot  and  Pond 
streets.  George  Lampson's  shop,  which  stood  on 
Knowlton  street,  was  of  a  similar  character.  Wells 
Smith,  who  had  a  shop  on  the  corner  of  Cabot  and 
Davis,  afterward  removed  to  Dane  street,  where  he 
did  a  successful  business  until  he,  with  many  others, 
took  the  California  fever. 


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WOODBURY  BROS.  This 
name  is  one  of  the  best  known  in  the 
city,  and  the  firm  has  a  long  and  in- 
teresting history,  and  for  this  reason 
has  the  author  of  this  work  taken  it 
to  illustrate  the  development  of  the 
shoe  industry  in  Beverly.  Years 
ago,  four  Woodbury  Bros,  made 
shoes  in  the  little  14x16  shop  at  Bev- 
|erly  Cove,  shown  on  page  31.  Here 
Rufus  H.  Woodbury  and  H.  O. 
Woodbury  the  present  firm  and  sons  of  one  of  the  above 
mentioned  brothers,  started,  first  as  workmen  after- 
wards as  manufacturers.  This  was  in  1869.  The 

first  case  of  shoes  was  sold  to  a  Bev-  \ 

erly  manufacturer,  the  next  two  to 

a  firm  in  Boston  who  have  been  cus-j 

tomers   of   the  firm  ever  since.     In 

1870,  the  factory  shown  on  page  35,  L 

was   taken    by   the   firm,  and   t.wor 

years  later  they  moved  into  the  third  i 

factory   shown   on    page  41,   which  i 

was    destroyed    by    fire    in    1891. 

They    moved  to  Dover,   N.   H.   but 

in  June,  1893  came  back  to  Beverly 

and  moved  into   the  large   and  commodious   factory 

shown   on   page   59.     They  manufacture  Women's, 

Misse  '  and  Children's  shoes  which  are  sold  all  over 

the  country. 


SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

JOHN  H.  HINKLEY  &  CO.  is  the  name  of  a 
live  wide  awake  young  firm,  who  are  engaged  in 
business  in  one  of  the  association  factories  61  Rantoul 
Street.  The  firm  is  composed  of  John  H.  Hinkley, 
E.  L.  Hall,  and  C.  W.  Moses,  all  practical  shoemak- 
ers. They  started  in  business  in  the  Frank  Wood- 
berry  building  on  Park  street,  May  ist,  1896,  and 
their  first  year  has  been  a  most  successful  one.  They 
moved  a  short  time  since  to  their  present  and  more 
convenient  quarters.  They  make  a  specialty  of 
infant's  and  children's  shoes  for  the  jobbing  trade 
,only,  and  their  market  is  through  the  South  and  West. 

PERRY  &  WOOD  successors  to  A.  Perry  &  Co., 
is  the  name  of  the  well  known  shoe  firm  occupying 
the  factory  on  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Park  st. 
Messrs.  Perry  &  Wood  have  both  had  a  large  experi- 
ence in  the  manufacturing  of  boots  and  shoes,  they 
having  been  associated  with  Mr.  Albert  Perry  a  well 
known  and  successful  shoe  manufacturer  from  1882 
to  1896,  when  Mr.  Albert  Perry  retired  from  the 
business.  Their  product  is  sold  largely  in  the  New 
England  and  Middle  States  to  the  jobbing  trade. 
Women's  McKay  sewed  and  Goodyear  turned  medi- 
um grade  boots  and  shoes  are  their  specialties,  paying 
particular  attention  to  wide  goods. 

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CHAPTER  IV. 

Jeremiah  Trask,  Sr.,  had  a 
shop  on  the  Joshua;  Trask  estate, 
near  the  Gloucester  R.  R.  cross- 
ing, where  he,  with  his  sons 
Jeremiah,  Nathaniel  and  Manasseh,  did  quite  a  little 
business.  Elbridge,  a  son  of  the  latter,  removed  to 
Danvers  later,  where  he  and  his  sons  engaged  in  the 
business.  Manasseh  made  shoes  to  measure  near 
where  the  Stephen's  Baker  house  now  stands. 
Nathaniel  had  a  shop  in  the  rear  of  what  is  now  the 
American  Express  Go's  office.  Jeremiah  Jr's  shop, 
spoken  of  in  a  preceding  chapter  was  near  where  the 
present  Cabot  street  store  of  A.  F.  Place  &  Co.  now  is. 
Among  his  apprentices  were  George  S.  Millett  and 
the  late  Seth  Norwood,  who  in  connection  with  his 
son  Francis,  built  up  a  large  and  well  known  estab- 
lishment on  the  corner  of  Railroad  avenue  and  Ran- 
toul  street,  and  today  the  Seth  Norwood  Shoe  Co., 
comprising  as  it  does  Francis,  William  E.,  Elbridge, 
Clarence  and  Charles  is  one  of  the  best  known  in 
the  trade. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

'  CHARLES  S.  BATCHELDER,  man- 

1  ufacturer  of  ladies'  "always  easy"  shoes 
i  for  tender  feet,  Beverly,  Mass.     This  is 
I  the  way  the  card  of  the  above  firm  reads. 
Mr.    Batchelder  begun  the  shoe    busi- 
|j  ness  way  back  in  1869,  when  he  entered 
I  ^6  emPl°ved  of  D.  Lefavour  &  Son,  Bev- 
jf  erly's  old  time  shoe  manufacturers.     He 
ij  remained  with    this  firm    twenty  years, 
i  fifteen  of  which  he  was  foreman  of   the 
HHHHllBi  cutting  department  and  did  all  the  buy- 
ing for  the  factory.     When  this  concern 
went  out  of  business  four  years  ago,  Mr.  Batchelder  went  into 
business  for  himself.     His  specialties  are  old  ladies'  goods 
in  hand  and  Goodyear  turns,  and  his  product  finds  a  ready 
market  with  the  leading  retailers  in  New  England,  the  Mid- 
dle and  Western  states.     Mr.    Batchelder  is  located  in  the 
large  brick  factory  on  Pleasant  street,  and  his  plant  is  always 
a  busy  place. 

COLORS  NOT  NEW. 

History  repeats  itself.  So  do  styles.  Colored 
shoes  tfyat  we  speak  of  to-day  as  "new"  are  old  as 
the  hills  or  something  near  it.  Seventy-two  years 
ago,  in  1825,  red  and  green  were  the  popular  shades 
in  shoes.  In  1850  again  the  same  vagaries  of  fashion 
were  in  force  to  the  extent  that  footwear  matched  the 
costume  and  reds,  browns,  and  greens  were  "in  it'' 
In  olden  times  colored  shoes  were  always  strictly  the 
proper  thing — yet  here  are  prating  about  new  styles 
and  modern  innovations!  We  are  merely  rehashing 
the  fashions  of  our  fathers  and  grandfathers.  Our 
sons  in  turn  will  encounter  the  same  evil. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 
Not  far  from  1830,  Mr.  Ebenezer  Moses  who  mar- 
ried Miss  Ruth  Pousland,  came  here  from  Maiden  and 
set  up  his  business  on  the  corner  of  Cabot  and  Essex 
streets.  With  him  came  Wm.  D.  Crossfield,  who 
married  a  sister  of  Mrs.  Moses  and  Mr.  Wm.  Larabee, 
brother  of  Charles  A.  Larabee.  Mr.  Moses  manufac- 
tured mostly  run  rounds  and  pumps  for  ladies  and 
gentlemen.  He  built  a  large  factory  accomodation 
on  the  Pousland  estate  on  Chapman  street.  He  was 


the  first  to  introduce  the  division  of  labor  with  one  to 
fit  the  sole,  one  to  sew  the  shoe  and  another  to  finish. 
He  did  a  large  and  successful  business  up  to  the  pan- 
ic of  1837  and  continued  for  several  years  after  with 
varied  success.  His  sons,  Wm.  P.,  John,  James  and 
Charles,  worked  at  the  business.  Mr.  Crossfield, 
after  a  few  years,  went  to  work  at  the  Connecticut 
state-prison  at  Wethersfield,  but  returned  in  a  short 
time  to  Beverly  and  worked  at  the  trade  here. 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

To  produce  handsome  stylish  and  good  fitting  shoes 
it  is  necessary  to  have  patterns  that  will  make  these 
goods.  The  pattern  making  business  is  more  than  a 
mere  trade,  it  combines  skill  and  art,  besides  natural 
mechanical  talent  and  ability.  One  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful pattern  makers  in  this  vicinity  is  W.  O.  CREE. 
Mr.  Cree  is  also  a  successful  Contract  Boot  and  Shoe 
stitcher,  and  all  work  entrusted  to  him  will  be  done 
at  short  notice  and  satisfaction  guaranteed. 


GARDNER  &  SIMMONS  are  a  hustling  young 
firm  doing  business  at  27  Park  street.  In  the  fall  of 
1895  they  bought  out  the  old  and  established  busi- 
ness of  George  V.  Brown,  and  occupy  the  entire  floor 
of  their  building.  Their  specialty  is  tips.  They 
use  the  best  patent  leather  for  the  work,  and  their 
business  is  constantly  on  t'he  increase  since  the  incep- 
tion of  the  partnership.  They  have  an  extensive 
trade  in  Beverly  and  the  adjoining  cities  as  the  repu- 
tation of  their  goods  extends  far  and  wide,  the  firm 
receiving  orders  daily  from  distant  shoe  manufacturing 
centres.  Wallace  W.  Gardner  and  John  H.  Simmons 
comprise  the  firm,  both  active,  hard  working  busi- 
ness men  who  deserve  the  success  which  has  come 
to  them. 

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Mr.  Larrabee,  although  he  worked  at  the  trade  for  some 
little  time,  was  more  or  less  interested  in  other  mat- 
ters, being  until  a  short  time  before  his  death  large- 
ly engaged  in  real  estate  matters.  It  is  an  interesting 
fact  that  Samuel  Preston  of  Danvers,  who  invented 


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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 
GEORGE  S.  BRADSTREET  &  CO.,  started  in 
business,  manufacturing  Heels  in  October  1895,  m 
the  Norwood  building  basement,  they  were  forced  to 
remove  to  the  J.  H.  Baker  building,  at  37  Park 
street,  Nov.  17,  i8c,6,  on  account  of  damage  to  the 
Norwood  building  by  fire.  They  manufacture  Spring 
Heels  and  High  Heels  from  both  pieced  and  whole 
stock,  and  have  a  fine  and  completely  equipped  plant 
and  the  facilties  to  carry  on  their  large  and  constantly 
increasing  business.  They  supply  many  of  the  fac- 
tories in  this  city,  and  some  of  their  product  is  sold  in 
the  surrounding  towns. 

THOMAS  H.  LAWRENCE,  manufacturer  of  cut 
Top  Lifts,  Counters  and  Tops,  is  the  successor  to 
Lawrence  &  Walker.  The  business  was  started  Jan- 
uary i,  1896,  and  been  successful  from  the  start. 
Mr.  Lawrence  is  a  good  judge  of  stock,  and  a  prac- 
tical man,  having  been  employed  in  the  sole  leather 
department  of  Wallis,  Kilham  &  Bray  for  twelve  years 
previous  to  his  starting  in  businesss  for  himself.  The 
product  goes  to  all  the  shoe  towns  within  a  radious  of 
fifty  miles  from  Beverly. 


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the  first  pegging  machine,  was  a  school  teacher  in  the 
old  brick  school  house  on  School  street,  and  after  he 
had  removed  to  Danvers  and  engaged  in  the  business 
there,  many  Beverly  persons,  including  some  of  his 
old  pupils,  worked  in  his  employ.  A  large  part  of 
our  people  during  the  preceding  century  and  the  ear- 
ly part  of  the  present,  were  fishermen,  who  worked 
at  shoemaking  during  the  winter,  their  work  being 
brought  mainly  from  Lynn  and  Danvers.  Now, 
instead  of  our  city  depending  upon  these  two  places 
for  employment,  many  from  these  towns  are  employed 
in  our  factories. 


Among]the?old  custom  shoe-stores  fwere^those  [of 
Edward  Pousland  and  Samuel  Dike,  both  prominent 

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One  of  the  most  progressive  and  successful  of  the 
many  houses  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  boys' 
youths'  and  liitle  gent's  shoes  in  this  vicinity,  is  that 
of  FOWLE  &  DALEY,  whose  factory  and  office  are 
located  at  17  and  19  Ward  street,  Salem.  Beginning 
in  a  very  small  way  on  a  capital  of  $300,  and  mak- 
ing only  turned  shoes,  they  have  by  the  excellence 
of  their  product  built  up  a  trade  Of  very  large  pro- 
portions. The  factory  occupies  fully  12,000  square 
feet  of  floor  space,  and  is  equipped  with  the  best  line 
of  shoe  machinery.  The  product  is  sold  in  Boston 
and  New  York,  and  consists  of  boys',  youths  and 
little  gents'  shoes.  One  dealer  sold  29,000  pairs  of 
one  kind  of  their  shoes  in  a  year.  This  concern  cut 
their  own  soles  and  heels,  make  their  taps  and  use 
all  their  own  scraps.  Every  appliance  and  sanitary 
improvement  has  been  added  for  the  convenience  and 
safety  of  the  employes.  The  firm  is  composed  of 
E.  Perley  Fowle  and  Joseph  E.  Daley,  both  practical 
men,  who  devote  their  time  to  supervising  the  manu- 
facture of  their  output.  Gentlemen,  whose  integrity 
and  business  stability  have  never  been  questioned. 


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citizens,  talented  and  influential;  that  of  the  latter 
is  now  occupied  by  Joseph  A.  Wilson,  while  that  of 
the  former  once  stood  where  is  now  the  Grocery 
Store  of  George  H.  Southwick  &  Son.  The  Wallis 
family  has  long  and  prominently  been  identified  with 
the  leather  craft  in  Beverly,  Nathaniel  the  first  of  the 
name  here  came  from  Cornwall,  England,  and  settled 
at  Falmouth,  now  Portland,  Maine,  and  remained  un- 


til driven  off  with  the  rest  of  the  population  by  the 
Indians.  He  seems  first  to  have  come  to  Manchester, 
but  immediately  after  to  Beverly,  settling  near  the 
house  owned  and  occupied  by  the  late  Augustus 
Stevens  on  Cabot  Street  Several  of  his  sons  were 
shoemakers  of  whom  Caleb,  afterward  Deacon  Caleb, 
married  in  1687,  Sarah  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Remember  Stone,  the  latter  being  a  daughter  of 

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SOMETHING  NEW 

THE   NAMEAC    PNEUMATIC    CLEANING  MACHINE, 


This  cut  shows  a  Pneu- 
matic Top  Arm  on  a  regular 
Naumkeag  Buffing  Machine 
base.     It  is  only  a  few  mo- 
ments work  to  put  the  new 
top  arm  on  the  old  machine, 
and  the  air  foot  or  cushion 
automatically  filled  with   air 
together  with  the  new  mould- 
ed emery  cover  is   the  best 
thing  yet  devised  for  clean- 
ing  the  soles  of  boots    and 
shoes.  To  prove  this  we  re- 
fer you  to  over  four  hundred 
manufacturers    who      have 
adopted       the       pneumatic 
machine  during  the  past  year 

Naumkeag  Buffing  Mach.  Ass'n. 
•Beverly,  Mass.,  U.  S    A. 


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Ensign  Samuel  Corning,  who  owned  all  the  land  from 
Stephens  Hill  by  Milton  street,  nearly  to  Pond  street, 
Coming's  Cove  near  Lawrence's  Pottery.  Here  did 
Deacon  Caleb  settle  and  rear  many  sons  and  daught- 
ers, many  of  these  sons  were  shoemakers  and  their 
descendants  are  represented  in  the  craft  to  this  day. 
The  late  Deacon  Caleb  occupied  the  shop  at  the 
corner  of  Cabot  and  Wallis  streets  built  by  his  father 
Caleb,  who  carried  on  the  business  there,  doing  mostly 
custom  work.  Of  the  brothers  of  this  latter  Caleb 
who  worked  in  the  old  one  story  shoe  shop  most 
northerly  to  the  above  named  shop  were  Josiah,  the 
father  of  John  E.,  whose  house  stands  on  the  site 
of  the  old  homestead  house.  Henry  the  father 
of  Mrs.  Edward  A.  Perry,  John  a  bachelor,  who  be- 
came much  interested  in  horticulture  and  floriculture 
and  who  for  many  years  had  charge  of  the  garden 
and  grounds  of  Col.  Israel  Thorndike,  our  present 
city  hall  estate,  extending  from  Cabot  street  corner 
of  Thorndike  to  Lovett  Street  and  beyond.  Several 
of  this  family  went  on  fishing  voyages,  Josiah,  we 
think,  more  than  either.  Henry  the  last  survivor  of 
these  brothers,  stuck  to  the  old  shop  as  long  as  life 
and  strength  permitted,  travelling  back  and  forth  to 

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The  firm  of  M.  V.  BRESNAHAN,  is  one  of  the 
best  known  in  the  shoe  trade,  located  in  Lynn.  The 
firm  consists  of  M.  V,  Bresnahan  and  J.  J.  Hayes. 
The  concern  was  established  in  1880.  They  are  the 
manufacturers  of  the  celebrated  Bresnahan  Automatic 
Leveller  which  is  unexcelled  for  rapid  and  stylish 
work.  They  have  all  the  latest  models  of  sole  mould- 
ing machinery,  including  the  New  Duplex  Moulder 
and  New  Oil  Slide  Leveller  for  press  work.  The 
reputation  of  this  firm  extends  throughoutthe  country. 

The  Boston  office  is  at  122  Summer  street. 

TOWER,  GIDDINGS  5  CO. 
JSankers, 

105  Devonshire  Street, 

..^BOSTON. 

riembers  of  Boston  and   New   York   Stock  Exchanges. 

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"the  city"  home  of  his  wife,  near  Beckford  street,  at 
one  of  the  many  Smith  Homesteads,  in  that  vicinity, 
she  being  of  the  race  of  Hasediah  Smith,  who  was 
also  one  of  the  many  driven  from  their  homes  on  the 
Eastern  shore,  near  Portland,  by  the  Indians  and  who 
sought  a  home  in  Beverly.  Mr.  Smith  married  the 
daughter  of  Edmund  Grover  whose  wife  was  a 
daughter  of  Jacob  Barney,  who  had  a  very  large 


farm  in  what  is  now  Danversport.  The  Grover  home- 
stead was  near  where  Benjamin  D.  Grant  now  lives 
and  more  or  less  of  the  Smith  land  came  from  that 
estate,  there  were  many  of  the  Smith  race  among  the 
cord wainers,  the  earliest  we  have  is  John  Smith,  a 
son  of  James,  born  in  1762,  who  in  1788  bought  of 
his  brother  James,  a  portion  of  the  land  where  was 
the  former  home  of  the  city  editor,  of  the  Evening 
Times,  nearly  opposite  Colon  street.  In  the  estate 

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Lusting  Machine 


Bostop, 

1 1 1   Lincoln  St. 
1 08  Summer  St. 
10 j  Bedford  St. 


McKay  Copeland  Lasting  Machine  Co. 
Chase  Lasting  Machine  Co. 
Continental  Lasting  Machine  Co. 
Consolidated  Hand  Method  Lasting  Machine  Co. 
Boston  Lasting  Machine  Co. 


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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

of  "the  first"  Deacon  Caleb  Wallis,  in  1714,  to  shoe 
maker's  seat  and  settle,  are  valued  at  four  shillings. 
Another  long  cordwainer  was  Bartholomew  Wallis  who 
lived  on  the  corner  of  Wallis  and  Cabot  streets,  in 
the  house  purchased  some  years  since  by  Thomas  B. 
Smith  and  which  was  moved  to  its  present  location  on 
Cabot  street,  just  above  Elliot  street.  His  sons  Bar- 
tholomew, Andrew,  Israel  and  Levi  worked  with  their 
father  for  a  time;  afterwards  for  themselves.  Bar- 
tholomew, Jr.,  and  Andrew  W.  built  the  three  story 
house  near  the  corner  of  Fayette  and  Cabot  streets, 
the  former  had  a  shop  in  the  yard,  and  the  latter 
made  custom  shoes  to  measure,  just  across  the  street, 
near  the  late  John  Pickett's  house.  Israel  bought 
the  estate  where  his  son  Major  Israel  now  lives. 
Ebenezer  Wallis,  who  lived  on  Wallis  street  (by  these 
names  we  see  that  Wallis  street  was  rightly  named) 
made  shoes  as  did  his  sons  Ebenezer,  Jr.,  Joshua  and 
Eleazer.  His  cousin  Ebenezer,  whose  house  was  on 
the  site  of  the  Lunt  block  on  the  corner  of  Bow  and 
Cabot  streets,  had  a  shop  between  his  house  and  the 
Lovett  House  adjoining,  where  he  worked  at  his 
business  with  his  son  Ebenezer,  Jeremiah,  (father  of 
Fred  A.  Wallis,  of  the  firm  of  J.  V.  Porter  &  Co.) 

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William  and  Joseph,  (father  of  Joseph  A.  Wallis,  pf 
the  firm  of  J.  A.  Wallis  &  Sons, )  so  we  see  that  the 
business  has  remained  in  this  family  up  to  the  present 
time  and  is  still  in  good  hands. 

A  bright  and  tonguey  member  of  this  craft  was 
Jonathan  Herrick,  whose  wife  was  from  the  Wallis 
family.  He  served  during  the  war  of  1812  under 
Harrison  at  "Tippecanoe, "  which  appellation  he  bore 
ever  afterward.  His  shop,  formerly  John  Hales,  was 
well  known  as  'Tar  Bay,"  and  stood  on  Water  street, 
until  it  was  removed  a  few  years  since,  when 
Michael  Harrington  built,  his  new  house  on  its  old 


site.     Mr.  Herrick  was  the  grandfather   of    Rev.   S. 
Ingersoll  Bryant,  formerly  of  this  town. 

Another  character  was  Harry  Ellingwood,  who 
learned  his  trade  of  Deacon  Roundy,  he  was  lame, 
and  during  his  youth  was  a  pretty  reckless  fellow, 

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but  was  converted  in  later  years,  and  became  quite  a 
zealous  Christian.     He  emigrated  to    Kentucky,   and 
was  for  many  years  a  successful  and   influential   local 
preacher  there. 

Lewis  Elliot,  who  married  at  North  Beverly,  and 
who  kept  a  shoe  store  in  Salem,  advertised  exten- 
sively, believing  as  our  wide-awake  and  energetic 
dealers  do  to-day,  that  a  liberal  and  judicious  use  of 
printer's  ink  pays.  Some  of  his  advertisements  were 
attractive  for  their  originality  and  uniqueness. 
Many  of  them  are  in  ryhme.  One  of  his  verses 
read  thus: 

"Cheap,  cheap,  cheap  was  the  cry 
From  Buff  urn's  corner  to  the  neck; 

Shoes  to  buckle  shoes  to  tie, 
Neatly  will  your  feet  bedeck." 

Another  loyal  character  who  served  during  the 
war  of  1812,  was  Josiah  Foster,  known  as  "Cape 
Sire."  He  lived  on  Essex  Street,  near  the 
Joshua  Trask  House.  He  worked  with  Jeremiah 
Trask,  Jr.,  and  in  some  conditions  and  on  some  occa- 
sions while  telling  of  scenes  through  which  he  had 
passed,  would  imagine  himself  on  board  a  man-of-war, 
and  that  those  associated  with  him  were  all  English- 
men, and  would  often  "clear  the  deck"  of  the  whole 
shops  crew, 

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.  A  very  tall  shoemaker  known  as  Jack  Ayers,  who 
lived  on  the  estate  now  owned  by  Charles  H.  Patch, 
near  bald  hill,  had  an  entry  built  on  to  his  shop,  in 
order,  it  was  said,  to  accomodate  his  legs,  and  the 
boys  took  special  delight  in  twitting  him  of  it,  serv- 
ing to  provoke  him  almost  beyond  endurance,  and 
this  was  one  of  their  songs  of  annoyance: 

"It  was  long  tall  Jack 
Said  his  whip  he  would  crack, 

On  the  wicked  boys  back 
Who  persisted  in  calling  him  "Lofty" 

But  "aloft  what's  the  weather? 
They  all  answered  together, 

And  they  would  then  change  his  name 
to  Softy. 

Mr.  Ayers,  was  a  soldier  in  the  militia,  and  of  such 
great  length  of  limb  that  no  one  else  could  keep  step 
with  his  enormous  strides,  hence  he  was  allowed  to 


fall  out  on  the  march.  Had  he  lived  these  modern  days 
of  pedestrianism,  he  would  no  doubt  been  a  champion 
walker.  More  than  fifty  years  ago  a  boy  by  the 

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name  of  Abner  tried  to  learn  the  shoemaker's 
trade  at  Deacon  Roundy's  shop  where  then  worked 
Thomas  L.  Pickett,  a  bright  and  witty  char- 
acter, who  one  day  examining  the  production  of 
this  young  struggler  said,  "Well  Abner,  you  have 
made  something  which  we  can  all  worship,  for  it  is 
the  likeness  of  nothing  in  the  heavens  above,  or  the 


earth  beneath,  and  the  waters  under  the  earth." 
And  the  best  of  it  all  was  this,  the  Abner  took  all  the 
credit  of  the  joke  to  himself  and  really  thought  that 
its  brightness  off-set  any  short  coming  in  the  shoe 
line. 

One  of  the  early  Wallis  shoemakers  was  Daniel, 
who  lived  in  a  square  one  story  house,  in  the  then 
open  field,  where  is  now  the  junction  of  Rantoul  and 
Wallis  streets.  He  too  was  a  cordwainer  and  reared 
a  large  family,  including  several  who  worked  at  that 
trade.  In  the  later  years  of  his  life  he  came  under 

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the  delusion  that  he  was  dead  and  in  constant  associa- 
tion with  those  who  had  gone  before.  Hence  he  was 
known  as  "Deadman  Daniel,"  to  distinguish  him 
from  another  Daniel  Wallis,  a  blacksmith,  the  grand- 
father of  our  present  Daniel  of  Federal  street,  the 
well  known  builder.  It  may  be  that  there  was  some- 
thing akin  to  modern  spiritualism  in  the  controlling 
influences  which  thus  developed  themselves  in  those 
early  days. 


t 


CHAPTER  V. 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  know  that  the  first  shoe 
factory  in  the  United  States  was  located  in  the  neigh- 
boring town  of  Danvers.  It  was  established  by 
Zerubbabel  Porter,  who  waxed  prosperous  by  making 
heavy  brogans  for  slaves  in  the  south.  These  were 
made  by  hand  in  the  cheapest  manner  as  possible. 
Following  this  there  were  other  small  shops,  which 
sprang  up  about  the  beginning  of  the  century.  The 
uppers,  soles  and  linings  were  cut  by  hand  and  then 
they  were  given  out  to  the  people  of  the  vicinity 
to  be  finished,  the  women  folks  doing  the  stitching 
and  the  rest  of  the  work  being  done  by  the  men 
who  were  mostly  farmers  or  fishermen  and  worked  at 
the  trade  during  their  spare  time.  Hundreds  of 
families  added  to  their  scanty  income  in  this  way. 
At  this  time  all  the  shoes  were  sewed.  One  specialty 
was  fisherman's  boots,  heavy  clumsy  affairs,  which 
the  local  shoe  makers  would  make  up  and  take  to 
our  wharves,  and  the  neighboring  seaport  towns  for 
sale.  Some  time  later  pegging  work  was  introduced. 
Just  before  the  war  the  uppers  began  to  be  stitched 

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on  machines,  and  now  everything  is  done  in  that  way. 
Perhaps  a  short  description  of  the  process  of  making 
the  shoes  from  beginning  to  end  may  be  of  some  in- 
terest, we  will  commence  at  the  cutting  room.  This 
is  the  only  room  in  the  factory  where  there  is  no 
machinery,  and  machinery  will  never  be  introduced 
here,  for  the  cutting  of  the  upper  demands  something 
more  than  mere  mechanical  skill,  it  needs  intelligence 
and  that  intelligence  is  only  acquired  by  long  practice 
and  association  with  leather. 

A  skin  is  apt  to  contain  some  spot  which  is  too  soft  or 
too  poor  to  go  into  the  shoe.  That  spot  is  not 
always  seen  at  once,  but  it  is  by  the  careful  and 
practical  touch  of  the  experienced  cutter  that  it  is 
found.  These  things  the  successful  cutter  must  know 
and  he  must  know  also  just  what  part  of  the  skin  is 
the  best  adapted  for  each  part  of  the  shoe  upper. 

The  patterns  are  hundreds  in  number  and  are  made 
of  straw  board,  bound  with  brass.  There  are  many 
pieces  for  each  shoe,  for  a  button  shoe,  the  quarters 
large  and  small,  the  vamps,  the  button  fly  and  the  tip, 
and  for  the  lace  shoe  the  eyelet  stay  and  the  tongue. 
All  these  separate  pieces  must  have  their  linings  to  fit. 
These  uppers  are  assorted  in  "case"  lots  and  are  sent 
to  the  stitching  room.  Here  are  the  rows  of  busy 

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girls  each  with  a  swift  running  machine  before  them. 
Each  girl  has  her  special  part  to  perform,  one  makes 
the  -linings  or  prepares  them  for  the  upper,  the  next 
one  takes  and  stitches  them  together  at  the  top,  an- 
other one  puts  in  the  eyelet  stay,  then  it  goes  to  the 
vamper  and  then  the  buttons  are  sewed  on  if  a  but- 
ton shoe,  and  the  shoe  is  ready  for  the  lasting  machine. 
In  the  mean  time  the  sole  has  been  cut  from  the 
heavy  side  of  leather,  the  counter  is  fitted  in  place  at 
the  heel,  and  they  are  then  ready  for  the  pairs  of  iron 
hands  and  jaws  that  are  ready  to  stretch  the  upper 
over  the  last  which  has  been  put  in  position.  While 
still  in  the  grip  of  these  almost  human  machines  they 
are  tacked  securely  to  the  insole.  Then  the  outsole 
is  tacked  on  and  the  shoe  goes  to  be  sewed,  through 
and  through,  if  it  is  a  McKay  sewed  shoe  and  to  a 
shoulder,  if  it  is  a  turned  or  a  welt  shoe.  Then  the 
shoe  is  beat  out  or  levelled,  the  edges  trimmed  and 
the  heel  put  on.  This  is  an  interesting  process  by 
which  fifteen  holes  are  made  through  the  heel  and 
sole,  by  fifteen  awls,  then,  at  a  revolution  of  the 
machine  fifteen  nails  which  have  been  put  in  the 
plate,  are  driven  through  and  clinched  on  the  iron  last. 
Then  the  top  piece  is  pressed  on  to  the  nails  which 


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just  stick  through  the  top  lift  of  the   heel    enough  to 
hold  the  top  on  without  showing  through. 

Then  the  heel  is  shaped  by  the  heel  shaver,  then 
the  edges  and  heels  are  burnished  with  blacking  or 
stain  with  hot  irons,  the  bottoms  are  smoothed  and 
finished  with  sandpaper  wheels  and  cleaned  with 
revolving  brushes,  and  the  black  enamel  or'  stain 
put  on.  Then  the  laces  are  put  in,  the  sock  lining  in- 
serted, the  shoe  carefnlly  brushed  and  cleaned  and 
placed  in  ah  individual  carton  ready  for  shipment. 

A  recent  editorial  in  the  London  "  Boot  and  Shoe 
Trades  Journal"  which  was  reproduced  in  the  "Boot 
and  Shoe  Recorder''  is  of  vital  interest  to  the  manufac- 
turerers  of  shoes  in  America.  We  quote  from  the 
editorial  as  follows. 

The  predominant  characteristic  of  American  boots 
is  that  they  are  stylish  and  attractive,  and  it  is  singu- 
lar to  note  that  the  keenest  competition  has  been  in 
ladies'  goods,  while  no  material  headway  has  been 
made  in  gents'  goods,  because  attractiveness  tells 
more  than  anything  with  regard  to  women's  foot- 
wear, whilst  in  men's  goods  other  considerations 
have  weight.  They  accommodate  themselves  readily 
to  the  feet.  This  is  the  result  of  two  things,  the 
lightness  and  suppleness  of  the  upper  stock,  which 

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n  no  case  has  all  the  stretch  taken  out  in  lasting, 
because  lasting  is  slovenly  done  in  America  compared 
with  the  way  it  is,  or  was,  done  in  this  country,  and 
again  the  lasts  are  designed  to  give  plenty  of  room 
without  the  appearance  of  extra  size.  The  inner 
joint  is  thrown  over  the  sole,  a  lot  of  spring  put  into 
the  sole,  and  the  bottom  is,  figuratively  speaking,  as 
round  as  an  apple. 

American  shoes  are  light,  they  are  soft,  and  as  a 
result  they  are  flexible;  lastly,  they  are  cheap,  which 
is  a  vital  consideration.  But  are  they  cheaper  than 
British  made  shoes?  It  is  difficult  to  make  the  com- 
parison, for  they  are  so  widely  different.  All  our 
goods  contain  more  material,  and  if  the  "timber" 
were  taken  out  we  do  not  doubt  the  possibility  of  a 
successful  competition.  In  fact  many  manufacturers 
assert  and  have  proved  their  ability  to  make  similar 
goods  at  lower  rates. 

There  are  points,  however  in  which  American 
shoes  fall  far  behind  the  English,  and  this  is  why  they 
will  be  confined  to  limited  sale,  and  principally  to 
women's  work.  They  do  not  conform  to  our  ideas  as 
to  substance,  and  when  we  have  exhausted  all  the 
praise  in  favor  of  the  lightness  and  flexibility  of  the 
American  goods  we  are  forced  to  the  conclusion  that 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

British  climate  and  British  requirements  need  a  stout- 
er and  more  substantial  foot  covering.  Cold  and 
rheumatism  ever  threaten  the  wearer  of  knife  edge 
shoes  here,  and  the  nature  of  the  passing  winter  is 
the  best  answer  to  the  problem  of  thin  or  thick  boots. 

You  say  wear  rubbers!  Yes,  these  articles  are  good 
in  their  way,  but  there  are  people  who  object  to  them 
and  will  not  wear  them,  and  as  the  secret  of  business 
is  to  make  what  customers  want,  and  not  what  one 
would  like  them  to  have,  there  the  question  must 
rest.  Now  it  is  a  fact,  and  doubtless  many  have  no- 
ticed it,  that  the  moment  you  begin  to  put  weight  and 
substance  into  an  American  boot  it  instantly  begins  to 
lose  its  attractiveness.  Thus  it  is  that  the  American 
goods  will  be  confined  to  a  lighter  class  of  boots  and 
shoes.  They  fill,  and  will  doubtless  continue  for 
some  time  to  fill,  a  certain  want,  but  as  our  factories 
are  now  equipped  with  fine  machinery,  and  employ- 
ers and  workman  are  aroused  to  a  proper  frame  of 
mind,  and  determined  to  cope  with  any  competition, 
the  trade,  we  repeat,  must  of  necessity  be  a  limited 
one. 

If  Americans  want  to  do  a  trade  here,  if  they 
want  to  keep  the  bit  they  have  got,  there  is  one  fact 
that  they  have  to  bear  in  mind,  and  that  constantly, 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED, 
that  is,  the  importance  of  delivering  bulk  orders 
equal  to  sample.  This,  at  least,  some  of  them  do 
not  do,  others  may;  but  it  is  a  sore  point  with  buyers 
of  American  footwear,  and  it  is  a  trouble  which  will 
stand  in  the  way  of  further  progress  until  time  and  ex- 
perience prove  that  sample  and  bulk  agree.  If  on  the 
other  hand,  English  manufacturers  desire  to  keep  the 
American  trade  in  check,  or  may  be  limit  it  yet  further, 
they  too,  have  some  things  to  observe.  They  must 
cultivate  a  degree  of  lightness  in  their  goods  consist- 
ent with  solidity  and  durability,  and  the  first  step  in 
that  direction  lies  in  giving  more  attention  than  they 
do  to  the  stock  they  use  for  uppers.  They  must  also 
study  the  question  of  attractiveness.  Most  of  the 
prevailing  patterns  of  Amercian  goods  are  old  English 
or  variations  thereof.  Somehow,  within  the  last  few 
years  English  boots  and  shoes  have  been  of  the  plain- 
est and  handsomeless  design,  as  if  an  attempt  had 
been  made  to  imitate  old-fashion  country  bespoke 
work;  but  there  is  not  only  room,  but  a  demand  for 
more  art  in  British  footwear,  and  a  large  unconquered 
field  lies  before  the  skillful  and  artistic  shoe  designer. 
Last,  but  not  least,  the  English  manufacturer  must 
limit  his  variety,  for  this  is  the  only  way  he  can  de- 
crease the  cost  of  production;  and  decrease  it  he  must 

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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 

and  that  contiually,  or  he  will  find  the  mechanical  shoe 
maker  of  America  a  far  more  painful  thorn  in  his  side, 
than  he  is  today.  Whether  it  will  be  necessary  to  make 
and  sell  from  stock  instead  of  to  order  absolutely  is  a 
matter  which  time  will  have  to  prove,  but  there  is  no 
mistaking  the  fact  that  indications  point  that  way. 
Machinery  seems  to  demand  it,  the  fitfulness  of  trade 
encourages  it,  and  competion  may  at  length  render 
this  system  of  production  inevitable. 

We  have  dwelt  briefly  on  the  history  of  footwear, 
from  very  early  times  up  to  the  present  day,  touch- 
ing the  different  kinds  made,  and  various  styles  worn 
from  one  century  to  another,  and  so  on  down  to  this 
time.  We  also  have  given  brief  outline  of  the  amount 


of  work  done  in  this  country  up  to  the  present  time, 
with  interesting  and  instructive  statistics.  We  also 
touch  briefly  upon  the  early  manufacturers  and  deal- 
ers in  town,  filling  the  whole  in  with  anecdote  and 

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story.     We  have  no  doubt  omitted  many  persons  and 
shops  which  we  would  have  been  pleased   to   notice, 
did  space  permit.     Below  is   a   complete  list  of  the 
shoe  manufacturing   establishments   in   the   city,  to 
the  present  time  with  their  location. 


Babb,    Williams,     Douglas 

Co.,  47  Park  Street. 
Baker,  J.H.  &  Co.,  39  Park 

Street. 
Baker,    Louis  P.    41    Park 

Street. 
Batchelder,  Chas.   S,   58   R. 

R.  Ave. 
Bay  State  Boot  and  Shoe  Co. 

75  Park  Street. 
Bray,  Stanley  &  Webber,  i 

Park  Street. 
Burnham,   Louis   E.,  Balch 

Street. 

Caldwell,  Edw.  J.,  594 Cab- 
ot Street. 
Chase,  Lewis  H.,  104  Bridge 

Street. 
Curtis  &   Lefavour,  i  Park 

Street. 
Dennis,     John  J.    2nd,     77 

Bisson  Street. 


Frazier,  T.  E.  &  Co.,  55 
Pleasant  Street. 

Hassett,  D  ,  J.  &  Co.,  59 
Rantoul  Street. 

Hinkley,  J.  H.  &  Co.,  rear 
61  Rantoul  Street. 

Larcom,  Edward  R.,  59  Park 
Street. 

Lunt,  Hervey,  68  R.  R.  Ave- 

Marsters  &  Walker,  55  Ran- 
toul Street. 

Millett,  Woodbury  &  Co., 
61  Rantoul  Street. 

Murray,  Cone&  Co.,  53  Ran- 
toul Street. 

Norwood,  Seth  Shoe  Co., 
85  Rantoul  Street. 

Nugent  Bros.,  52  R.  R.   Ave. 

Perry  &  Wood,  59  Broad- 
way. 

Porter,  Jeremiah  L.,  58  R. 
R.  Ave., 


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SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 


Raymond  &   Mader,   i  Park 

Street. 
Rogers,  S.  M.  Shoe  Co.,  37 

Park  Street. 
Sanborn,  J.    H.   &   Co.,   55 

Pleasant  Street. 
Seavey,   F.   A.    &    Co.,    59 

Rantoul  Street. 

Thissell,  Arthur  P.,  130  Park 
Street. 

Tuck,  Walter  E.,  &  Co.,  55 
Broadway. 


Wallis,J.  A.  &  Co.  65  Bow 
Street, 

Warren,  A.  W.  &   Co.,  64 
R.  R.  Ave 

Wilson,    John,    63    Federal 

Street. 
Woodberry,  Frank,  81  Park 

Street. 
Woodbury  Bros., 40  Rantoul 

Street. 
Woodbury,  Myron  55  Bow 

Street. 


To  any  who  have  contributed  in  any  way  in  the 
compilation  of  this  work,  the  publisher  extends 
thanks,  and  also  to  the  advertisers,  all  of  whom  are 
reliable  and  can  be  heartily  recommended  to  the  com- 
munity. 


SHOES  AND  SHOEMAKING  ILLUSTRATED. 


How  much  a  man  is  like  old  shoes' 

For  instance,  each  a  sole  may  lose. 

Both  have  been  tanned — both  are  made  tight 

By  Cobblers— both  get  left  and  right. 

Both  need  a  mate  to  be  complete, 

And  both  are  made  to  go  on  feet. 

They  both  need  heeling;  oft  are  sold, 

And  both  in  time,  turn  all  to  mould. 

With  shoes  the  last  is  first;  with  men 

The  first  shall  be  last,  and  when 

The  shoes  wear  out  they're  mended  new. 

When  men  wear  out,  they're  men  dead,  too! 

They  both  are  trod  upon  and  both 

Will  tread  on  others— nothing  loath. 

Both  have  their  ties  and  both  incline. 

When  polished  in  the  world  to  shine; 

And  both  peg  out.     And  would  you  choose 

To  be  a  man  or  be  his  shoes? 


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GLENWOOD 

Ranges    and     Furnaces 

Are    The    Best. 


Economi- 
cal in  fuel. 


and  Low  in  Price. 

We  are  Headquarters  for  the  Glenwood 
Ranges,  Alaska  Refrigerators  and  Ice  Chests. 
Blue  Flame  Oil  Stoves,  Wall  Papers,  Crockery, 
Straw  and  Oil  Carpets,  and  Kitchen  Furnishings. 
Ice  Cream  Freezers,  Hammocks,  Window  Screens, 
and  all  kinds  of  Piazza  Chairs. 


O.    LTJlsTT, 
214  Cabot  St.,  Beverly 


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No  Manufacturer  in  Beverly 

or  elsewhere,  who  is  posted  in  his  business,  it  is  safe  to  assert, 
in  purchasing  the  various  items  of  materials  and  labor  which 
enter  into  the  finished  product  of  his  factory,  could  be  in- 
duced to  by  any  pretext  or  for  any  purpose  to  choose  the  IN- 
FERIOR quality  of  the  several  commodities,  were  the  BEST  to 
be  offered  at  the  same  price;  the  person  making  such  a  propo- 
sition to  him  would  be  treated  as  a  drivelling  idiot. 

But  when  the  same  manufacturer  comes  to  select  the  item  of 
INSURANCE  which  forms  the  basis  of  credit  for  all  his  opera- 
tions, how  then?  Does  he  make  any  comparison  of  the  diff- 
erent "GOODS"  offered?  We  think  not!  But  nevertheless 
there  is  just  as  wide  a  difference  in  the  quality  of  insurance 
offered  as  there  is  in  the  quality  of  stock  and  materials  used, 
but  unlike  the  stock  and  materials  the  Best  quality  costs  no 
more  than  the  poorest.  Therefore,  don't  be  induced  to  take 
year  after  year  policies  the  value  of  which  is  all  a  matter  of 
conjecture  with  you.  Be  posted!  You  pride  yourself  that  you 
are  in  every  other  department  of  your  business.  We  are  in 
the  business  to  prove  the  quality  of  the  goods  we  sell.  We 
ask  no  more  for  the  ist  class  article  than  you  pay  for  the  poor 
one.  Let  us  talk  with  you  about  it!  It  will  be  worth  your 
while! 

Arthur  A.  Forness, 

Room  3.  Endicott  Bldg,  Beverly. 

Representing  14  of  the  Largest  and  Strongest  Home 
and  Foreign  Companies. 

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Old  Stand. 


Every  RICHMOND  is  war- 
ranted. 

In  NO  respect  is  it  surpassed. 

In  SOME  respect  it  is  unriv- 
alled. 

The  RICHMOND  GRATE 
keeps  fire  with  least  at- 
tention. 

Its  SIMPLICITY  commends  it. 

When  in  doubt  buy  a  RICH- 
MOND. 


F.  A-  HTNKU5Y  A  CO., 


91  CABOT  ST. 

Up-to-date  Kitchen  Furnishers. 
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Pint 


Designer  and 
Maker  of 


Butterick  Patterns. 

Agent  for  Lewando's  Dye  House. 
Headquarters  for  Dolls. 

IfcTo.  1O5  Cabot  Street,  3 


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Coal  Mbaves, 


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Anthracite  and 


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BEVERLY,  MASS. 


Geo.  F.  Hinkley  no  77 
Cabot  St.  opposite  Pleas- 
ant St.,  Beverly  Mass. 
Where  you  can  find  the 
highest  grade  of  Ranges, 
Furnaces,  and  tinware 
Twenty-seven  years  ex- 
perincein  the  Furnace 
and  Stove  work  in  Bev- 
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me,  that  experience  is 
worth  something  to  you. 
Lowest  cash  prices  on  all 
goods  which  are  high  in 
standard,  and  fully  war- 

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^^jwFWUat-  S-F'^      county.     Orders  by  mail 

promptly   attended.     We 
carry  the  largest   line    of 

Ranges[in  the  city  also  the  best  furnace  for  a  low  price.  Call  on  us  and  be 
convinced.  No.  77  Cabot  St.,  Agent  for  Hot  Water  Heaters  Steam  and 
Hot  Air  and  Hot  Water  combined.  We  represent  Smith  &  Anthony  goods 
ire  the  leading  manufacturers  in  this  line  of  goods,  sanitary  plumbing 

77  CABOT  STREET. 
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Massachusetts  Cleansing  Co.  , 

54  MunroeSt-,  Lynn.  R  W  Fil«ne,  Manager- 


We  will  call  for  your  Clothes  once  each  week,  sponge,  clean, 
press,  and  repair  them  (small  repairs)  and  return  them  to  your 
residence  for  $1.25  per  month,  or  $12  per  year,  payable  in  ad- 
vance. 

IT  REALLY  COSTS   YOU  NOTHING, 

Because  Clothes  so  well  taken  care  of  will  average  double 
wear,  and  look  like  new  all  the  time.  References  by  permiss- 
ion: 

E.  A.  Maloon,  S.  B.  Bray,  A.  Whitcomb,  C.  A.  Ivamson,  J.  C.  Kil- 
ham,  Rev.  A.  B.  Coates,  Rev.  W.  A.  Bacon,  I.  W.  Foster,  J.  R.  Pope, 
Iv.  I,.  Woodbury,  C.  A.  Kurd,  E-  Giles,  Dr.  W.  H.  Swan,  Dr.  G.  A. 
Stickney,  Dr.  W.  E.  Bongartz,  Dr.  C.  W.  Haddock,  Dr.  H.  D.  Lambert 
and  a  hundred  others. 

P.  S.  Kindly  drop  us  a  postal  and  our  representative  will 
call  and  explain  our  system. 


EX  C.  CANN 


Estimates  furnished 
at  short  notice. 

Personal       attention 
given  to  jobbing. 

First-class  work 

guaranteed. 

Shop 

124  Rantoul  St., 
Beverly 


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Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  Baltimore 
and  all  principal  points. 

Leave  Beverly  Office,  for  Boston,  8.15,  10  and  2 
o'clock.  Freight  at  6. 30  o'clock. 

Boston  Office. — 32  and  33  Court  square,  105  Arch 
street,  76  Kingston  street.  Main  office  1 5  Devonshire 
street. 


VICI  KID  SHOES  for 
SUMMER  WEAR 


There  is  nothing  so  nice  as  a  good  light  weight  Shoe  for 
warm  weather,  and  Vici  Kid  Shoes  are  light,  easy  and  dura- 
ble. We  have  them  in  colors  of  CHOCOLATE,  GREEN, 
BROWN,  TAN,  BLACK.  Our  prices  are  always  the  low- 

'"      CENTRAL  SHOE  STORE. 

Commercial  Block,  BEVERLY,  MASS. 

H.  I.  Wilson,  Manager. 

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Tflfl    rnilPU       Cannot  be    said  in   praise   of 

I  UU    I  lUuilpRAYMONDS    SIX    PELLETS, 

for  colds.     They  should  be  taken  on  the  first  indica- 
tion of  a  cold  and  the  result  is  invariably  a  cure. 

Thousands  of  these  Pellets  have  been  used  and  the 
demand  is  constantly  increasing.  The  most  effective 
way  to  ward  off  Pneumonia  arid  serious  Lung  Trou- 
bles, is  to  have  a  bottle  of  RAYMOND'S  SIX 
PELLETS  in  the  pocket,  and  use  them  when 
needed.  They  are  sold  everywhere  at  25  cents  per 
Bottle. 


Centennial  (Stove, 


The  finest  PICNIC  GROVE  and  CAMPING  GROUND 

in  Massachusetts,  magnificent  scenery  along  the  shores  of 
Chebacco  Lake,  an  unlimited  extent  of  old  primeval  pine  and 
spruce  forest,  interspersed  with  open  glades  &  smooth  drives. 
Among  its  many  attractions  are  a  Bicycle  track,  Dance  hall, 
Shooting  gallery,  Swings,  Dining  rooms,  etc.  The  safest 
of  Boats  are  maintained  for  the  use  of  visitors.  The  best  of 
facilities  for  transportation  by  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad 
a  branch  of  which  runs  direct  to  the  grove.  * 

For  particulars  and  terms  apply  to  DAVID  LOW,  Essex,  Mass, 

101 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


The  best 


The  Largest  variety 
of  Cake  and  Pastry 
in  the  city. 


Payson's 


St., 


Office  cor.  Pond  and  Rantoul  Streets. 


CONTRACTOR. 
AND 


White-washing  Ceilings  a  specialty. 


102 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

LEE 


Undertakers 


AND  FUNERAL  DIRECTORS. 


Carriages  and  Hearse  Furnished. 

All  work  pertaining  to  the  dead  attended  to  promptly  and 
carefully,  day  or  night. 


SI1., 

Telephone  No.  757-2 


BEVERLY    ICE    CO., 

OFFICE 

89  PARK  STREET,    Beverly,  Mass. 

Monthly  Rates. 

12  Lbs.  Daily,  per.  month  $1.50 
16       "     "  "         "     li-75 

20         "       "  li  "      $2.2$ 

30          "       "  "  "      $3.25 

By  weight. 

100  Lbs.  one  Delivery,  25  cents. 

50      "     "         "  15       " 

25       "     "          "  10      " 

103 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


GEORGE    SWAN, 

ARCHITKCT 
BEVERLY,  MASS 


Bonaventura's 

Dealer  in 

Foreign 


French  and  American  Confectionery, 

Tobacco,  Cigars,  etc. 

life   carry  none   but  M<?  Aest. 


125  Cabot  and  Cor.  Hale  and  Cabot  Sts.,  Beverly. 
104 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


GRADUATE  OF 
Mount  Allison  Conservatory  of  Music- 

LESSONS  GIVEN  ON  28  Atlantic  Ave-, 

Piano,  Organ  and  Harmony.  BEVERLY. 

Large  experience.  Good  references. 


The  best  11  \  j  * 

and  cheapest       yy  QOCl 


Fbr  Fire-places  and  Air-tight  Stoves. 


KINDLINGS     By  the  Bushel. 

J.  J  HARRIGAN 

3Poot  of  ^lea.sa.an.t  St 

Near  Murphy's  Stable. 

105 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


Massachusetts  Mutual 
LIFE  INSURANCE  CO 

Writes  all  forms  of  policies. 


Charles  %. 

GENERAL    AGENT, 

41  Washington  Street,  Beverly,    Mass. 

WM.   L.   WOOD, 

Contract    Stitcher    of  Boots    and    Shoes, 
5;^  Pleasant  Street,  Beverly. 

BEVERLY  LOAN  COMPANY, 

Money  Loaned  on  Furniture,  Pianos,  Organs, 
Horses,  Carriages,  or  any  good  security.  Property 
to  remain  in  the  owners  hands. 

Mileage  Books  to  let. 

Boston  Tickets  for  sale. 

55;  Pleasant  Street,  Beverly. 

WM.  L.  WOOD,  Manager. 
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ADVERTISEMENTS 


West  Dane  Street,      Beverly,  Mass. 

W.  M.  STEVENS,  Prop. 


First-class    Boarding    and    Livery    Stable. 
Fine  Horses  and  Modern  Equipages. 


Do  you  contemplate  building  or  purchasing  Real 
Estate.  If  so,  do  not  fail  to  investigate  this  very  de- 
sirable property. 

On  Mason  Street,  North  Beverly,  finely  built 
cottages  of  6,  7  and  8  rooms,  with  all  modern  conven- 
iences, for  sale  for  cash  or  easy  payments.  This  prop- 
erty is  located  on  the  right  of  Cabot  Street,  north  of 
Gloucester  Crossing,  having  all  the  advantages  of  fine 
view  and  pure  air.  Electric  cars  pass  the  head  of  the 
street  every  1  5  minutes.  For  terms  apply  to 

L.     K.    BARKER,      Wenham  Depot, 

^  ^-~  -••    —     —     •     -    —  —  ,  —  t  —  >  —  ,  —  ^f-^_f^ 

or  S.  H.  STONE'S  REAL  ESTATE  AGENCY. 
107 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

BEVERLY  MACHINE  WORKS, 

Contractors, 
General  Machinists, 
Millwrights. 
Machine  Jobbers  and 
Repairers, 
Nickel  Platers, 
Brass  Finishers  and  Polishers. 

Rear  of  Association  Factory  No.  4, 

61  Rantoul  Street,        Beverly,  Mass. 

Boston  Office:  13  Doane  St.,  Room  8. 

John  S.  Baker,  Manager.    William  E.  Bailey,  Superintendent 


o.  OTJ:R,:R,I:E], 

Carpenter,  ~  Contractor  ~  and  -  Builder. 


26  West  Dane  Street, 


Beverly,  Mass. 


Plans,    Specifications 
and   Estimates 
furnished  free. 

Jobbing   and   Repair, 
ing  promptly  done. 


108 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


W.  Ik, 

*ww»*Geacfeer  of  piano, 
6  H>ane  St.t  Beverly, 

Special  attention  to  beginners 


PlCkett      Dealer  in 

Tobacco, 

and  all  kinds  of  Smokers'  Articles, 

23©  Galoot  Street,  B 
Opposite  Car  Station. 


Agent  for  Beverly  Custom  Laundry. 

109 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


177  Cabot  Street  cor.  Thorndike  St. 

BEVERLY,  MASS. 

Open  Daily  from  8.30  a.  m.  to  1.30  p.  m. 
Robert  R.  Endicott,    Pres.  Chas.  H.  Kilham,  Treas. 

Albert  S.  Hoogs,  Teller. 
Committee  on  investments., 

Robert  R.  Endicott,   Augustus  N.  Clark,  Samuel  J.  Foster, 
George  Butman. 

Deposits  begin  to  draw  interest  on  the  fourth  Wednesdays  of  January, 
April,  July  and  October,  and  may  ba  withdrawn  at  any  time  without  previous 
notice. 

Dividends  payable  on  the  fourth  Wednesdays  of  April  and  October  in  each 
year,  and  placed  on  interest  immediately  if  not  withdrawn. 

No.  of  Depositors  Amount  of  Deposits 

6.000  $2,100,000 

Beverly,  March  i,  1897. 

Ira.  A.  Smith,  Walter  L.  Dixon. 


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Shoe  Machinery  built  and  repaired.  Particular 
attention  given  Experimental  Work.  Duplicate  Parts 
for  Reece  Button  Hole,  and  other  Standard  Machines 
always  on  hand.  Pulleys,  Hangers,  and  Shafting, 
furnished  at  short  notice;  also  estimates  for  placing 
the  same. 

COR.  PARK  &  PLEASANT  STREETS. 

-BEVERLY,  MASS.. 

no 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Beverly  National  Bank, 

CAPITAL,  $200,000,00 

ALBERT  PERRY,  President 

ALLEN  H.  BENNETT,  Cashier 

Safe  Deposit  Boxes  to  rent,  in  fire  and   burglar  proof 
vaults. 

Bank  Hours:  8.30  A.M.  to  2  P.M. 

BEVERLY  BURIflL  VAULT  CO., 

<*^_T.  P.  DBER,  MAIMAGER._^ 

Residence  Odell  Ave.,  near  Cabot. 


Manufacturers  of 


ny  Orders  received  by  telephone  at  the  drug  store  of 
G.  C.  &  J.  L.  Berry,  259  Cabot  Street,  Beverly 
will  receive  prompt  attention. 


in 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Successor  to  Philip  E.  Ober, 

PATENTEE  AND  MANUFACTURER  OF 

PA  TENT  CEMENT 

Sarcopnagus  or  Burial  Vaults. 

Also  Cement  Water  Gates  &  Hydrant  Boxes 
flfeason  TJOlorfe  promptly  attenfcefc  to. 

DRAIN  PIPE  Furnished  and  Layed. 

17  Union  St.,       Beverly,  Mass. 


THE 


Livery,  Hack 
and  Boarding 

Pleasant  St.,  near  Depot  Sq.,  Beverly,  Mass. 


Furnished  for  Funerals,  Weddings  and  Receptions. 

Carriages  at  Depot  to  meet  all  trains.  First-Class  Horses 
and  Latest  Style  Carriages  79  Let  at  Reasonable  Prices. 

Calls  attended  to  Day  or  Night.  Barges  and  Large  Car- 
riages Furnished  for  Parties. 

J.  R  DESMOND,  Prop. 

Telephone  723-2. 

112 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Fire,  Life,  Accident,  Plate-Glass,  Liability,  in  fact 
all  kinds  of 


Written    in    Largest    and    Best 

STOCK    AND    MUTUAL    COMPANIES 

At  Tariff  Rates. 

Dividends  of  70  per  cent,  paid  on  5  year  policies. 

Real  Estate  Brokers. 


Issachar  Lefavour  &  Son, 

16  Washington  St.,  Cor.  Brown,  Beverly,  Mass. 

Justice  of  the  Peace.  Mortgages  Negotiated. 

Dress  Cutting     ^^ 

By  the 

TAYLOR    SYSTEM 

Taught  by 

*  <L  IE.  Hrnolb. 


DRESS   -   AND        CLOAK   -   MAKING. 

Seamless  Work  a  Specialty. 

2  Ttfilton  Street,   Corner  Cabot  Street, 

a      ,      ,       *       .       .       .       Beverly,     Ttfass* 
113 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


Beverly  Bowling 

Ccrner  Rantoul  and  Bow  Streets. 


The  finest  Bowling  Alleys  in  the  county.  There  are  seven 
in  all,  fitted  in  elegant  style  with  a  new  and  brilliant  system  of 
lights.  Prizes  offered  every  week  for  highest  scores- 

Come  down  and  roll,  when  time  hangs  heavy  on  your 
hands,  at  the  Myron  Woodbury  building. 


34  Railroad  Ave. 

This  book  is  a  sample  of  our  work. 

Salem  Office  228  Essex  Street. 
114 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Samuel  H.  <3entlee, 

FUNERAL  DIRECTOR  ^  EMBALMER 

29J   Cabot    Street,     Beverly. 


Calls  answered  day  or  night. 

Night  calls,  18  Butman  Street. 

Telephone,    702-2. 

df  rank  E.  Xubben, 

MILK  BEALER 

Drop  me  a  postal  and  I  will  call. 


36  Dodge  Street,        Beverly,  Mass. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

A  BEVERLY  MAN. 

New  England's  most  Noted  Healer,  challenges  the 
world  to  exceed  his  cures.  Without  the  aid  of  med- 
icine, he  cures  cases  pronounced  incurable  by  the 
best  physicians.  No  matter  if  your  case  has  been 
given  up  as  incurable,  go  and  see  him. 
^Dr.  Dennis  possesses  a  power  which  can  not  be 
explained,  but  its  effect  upon  diseases  can  not  be  de- 
nied. It  is  far  superior  to  medicine. 

Some  of  his  most  marvellous  cures  have  been  made 
in  his  native  city. 

Female  Diseases  a  specialty.  Office  8 1  Washing- 
tori  St.,  Salem,  Room  5.  Residence  Prospect  St.,  Bev- 
erly. Hours  at  Office,  from  9  to  4  Wednesday  and 
Saturday. 


(lark's 


TO  LET  FOR  PARTIES. 
TERMS  REASONABLE. 


Accomodations  Excellent. 


116 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Wallis, 

Regular  an&  ^ranetent^  JBoatbCtS, 

First-Class  Table  Board. 


Table  Board, 


No.    11  Railroad  Avenue. 


V.  L.  Rankin, 


Contractor 
and  Builder. 

Jobbing  in  all  its  branches.        Estimates  Furnished  on  application. 
Shop  and  Residence, 

18  Highland  Ave.,          Beverly,  Mass. 

117 


ADVERTISEMENTS 

Established  in  1844.  Telephone  Connections. 

Tbe  PicKett  Coal   Co., 

(Successor  to  John  Pickett) 
Dealers  in 

Coal,  W,  Up  Ikkihtc  Hair. 


Offices,  15  Water  Street, 
164   Cabot   cor.    Milton 

Order  Box  at  H.  P.  Woodbury's,  at  Cove. 

TERMS,  CASH. 

Burton  Avenue  leads  from  Essex  to  Bisson  streets, 
and  is  one  of  the  finest  Avenues  in  the  City,  G.  E.  & 
B.  electrics  pass  close  by  and  it  is  about  6  minutes 
walk  to  City  Hall,  and  a  few  minutes  to  the  Beach, 
where  there  is  fine  Boating  and  a  short  row  to  the 
Willows.  This  Avenue  is  considered  the  healthiest 
part  of  the  City,  five  Cottages  already  built  and  sold 
to  good  parties,  two  more  being  finished  and  will  be 
For  Sale;  tht  Cottages  are  well  built  and  have  mod- 
ern conviniences  and  have  six  and  seven  rooms  and 
dry  cellars.  Price  reasonable  and  very  easy  terms. 
P.  S.  It  is  a  fact  that  these  Lots  are  the  nearest  to 
the  City  Hall,  that  can  be  purchased  for  a  reasonable 
price.  Can  refer  to  those  I  have  built. 

J.  H.  A\ORSE,      I 

71  Essex  St.,          Beverly, /"Vass. 

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ADVERTISEMENTS 
CASH  PAID  FOR  FAT  CATTLE, 
VEAL  CALVES  AND  FAT  HOGS. 

New  A\ilcb  <3ows  op  band  for  sale. 

Particular  attention  paid  to  the 

Cleaning  Out  of   Vaults,  Cesspools,    Etc,, 

By  the  ODORLESS  EXCAVATOR  PROCESS. 


E.  B.  RDWELL. 

may  be  left  at  S.  A.  Gentlee's,  291  Cab- 
Street,  or  Box  1322,  Beverly,  Mass. 


For  trie  House,  stable,  Poultry  House 
ana"  Kennel, 

H    Cabot's  /    ,    •• 

Sulpijo-Rflpliol 


Liquid 
Cleanliness 


For  sale  by 

Whitcomb=Carter  Co. 


ADVERTISEMENTS 


He  don't  know 
much  about  shoe- 
making,  but  if  you 
want  to  talk  about 


FISH 


he  can  tell  you  that 
his  market  is  the 
cheapest  place  in 
Beverly. 


Gflfllt  E. 


,  Fine  Baker  &  Confectioner. 


Delicious 
Cream  Bread 
and  rolls  fresh 
every  after- 
noon. 

Weddin  g, 
Birthday,  and 
fancy  o  r  n  a  - 
mented  cake 
a  specialty. 

Ice  Cream,  Sherbet  and  Frozen  Pudding  delivered  to  all  parts  of 
the  city  and  vicinity. 

143  ^CABOT   STREET,  BBVBRLY,    MASS. 


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We  Sell  Shoes,  Why! 

Because  we  have  succeeded  in  meeting  the  con- 
ditions required  by  the  people  who  buy  shoes, 

Up=to=date  Styles, 


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We  will  Satisfy  you. 

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